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Magistrate, means the Judicial Magistrate of the first class, or as the case may be, the Metropolitan Magistrate, exercising jurisdiction under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) in the area where the aggrieved person resides temporaily or otherwise or the respondent resides on the domestic violence is alleged to have taken place. [Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, s. 2(i)]Means: (1) A man publicly vested with authority, a governor, an executor of the laws. (2) A paid justice of the peace. See STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATE; METROPOLITAN POLICE (3) An unpaid justice of the peace. See JUSTICES.The expression 'Magistrate' has been defined to mean a District Magistrate, a Sub-Divisional Magistrate, a Presidency Magistrate or a Magistrate of the first class specially empowered by the State Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, to exercise jurisdiction under this Act, State of U.P. v. Kaushaliya, AIR 1964 SC 416 (420): (1964) 4 SCR 1002.The expressio...
Stipendiary Magistrates
Stipendiary Magistrates, paid magistrates ap-pointed in the Metropolis under the (English) Metropolitan Police Courts Act, 1839; in municipal boroughs, on petition by the council to the Secretary of State, under the (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, s. 161, reproducing s. 99 of the repealed (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1835; in places of 25,000 inhabitants or more, on like representation by the local board, etc.; under (English) the Stipendiary Magistrates Act, 1863; and in some other places, e.g., Manchester, by special Act of Parliament. They must be barristers of at least seven years' standing in the metropolis and municipal boroughs; under the (English) Stipendiary Magistrates Act, 1863, they may be of five years' standing. By the (English) Stipendiary Magistrates Act, 1858, they may do alone all acts authorized to be done by two justices of the peace. a stipendiary magistrate cannot sit at general or quarter sessions. As to deputies, see 32 & 33 Vict. c. 34 and ...
magistrate
magistrate [Latin magistratus magistracy, magistrate, from magistr- magister master, political superior] 1 : a civil or judicial official vested with limited judicial powers [a family support ] [a traffic ] 2 a : a municipal, state, or federal judicial officer commonly authorized to issue warrants, hear minor cases, and conduct preliminary or pretrial hearings called also magistrate judge b : an official (as a judge) authorized to perform the role or function of a magistrate [ means an officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a public offense "Arizona Revised Statutes"] ...
magistrate court
magistrate court : a court presided over by a magistrate that has minor civil and criminal jurisdiction called also magistrate's court ...
magistrate judge
magistrate judge : magistrate ...
District Magistrate
District Magistrate, 'district magistrate', in relation to a presidency- town, means the commissioner of police. [Cinematograph Act, 1952 (37 of 1952), s. 2(d)]...
Identification report of Magistrate
Identification report of Magistrate, see Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), s. 291A....
Night Magistrate
Night Magistrate, a constable of the night; the head of a watch-house, Scots Term....
Magistrally
In a magistral manner...
Cognizance
Cognizance (Judicial), knowledge upon which a judge is bound to act without having it proved in evidence: as the public statutes of the realm, the ancient history of the realm, the order and course of proceedings in Parliament, the privileges of the House of Commons, the existence of war with a foreign state, the several seals of the King, the Supreme Court and its jurisdiction, and many other things. A judge is not bound to take cognizance of current events, however notorious, nor of the law of other countries. See Roscoe's Evidence at Nisi Prius.Means 'jurisdiction' or 'the exercise jurisdiction' or 'power to try and determine to causes'. In common sense taking notice of, Rakesh Kumar Mishra v. State of Bihar, (2006) 1 SCC 557.Means 'jurisdiction' or the exercise or jurisdiction or power to try and determine causes, K. Kalimuthu v. V. State By DSP, (2005) 4 SCC 512.Means 'taking notice of', S.K. Zutshi v. Bimal Debnath, (2004) 8 SCC 31.Means exercising jurisdiction if it is in respec...
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