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Judicial Act

certain acts shall only be valid if done by two Magistrates. If it be only a ministerial act, it is not

Wreck

(English) Person Act, 1861, s. 17. As to assaulting a magistrate, officer, etc., engaged in preserving a wreck or goods cast

Discharge

of all the prosecution witnesses has been taken and the Magistrate considers for reasons to be recorded, in the light of

Ephor

A magistrate one of a body of five magistrates chosen by the

Deputy

similar cases. As to appointment of deputy to recorder, stipendiary magistrate, or clerk of the peace, in case of inability of

McNabb-Mallory rule

in criminal procedure: an arrestee must be brought before a magistrate without unnecessary delay in order for a confession made during

recognizance

obligation entered into on the record before a court or magistrate requiring the performance of an act (as the paying of

warrant

a writ issued esp. by a judicial official (as a magistrate) authorizing an officer (as a sheriff) to perform a specified

bind over

bound over to the grand jury if the judge or magistrate finds at the preliminary hearing that there is probable cause

Magistratic

Of pertaining to or proceeding from a magistrate having the authority of a magistrate

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