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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to the Secretary of State, under the (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, s. 161, reproducing s. 99 of the repealed (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1835; in places of 25,000 inhabitants or more, on like representation by the local board, etc.; under (English) the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"] ...
Metropolitan Police Magistrates
Metropolitan Police Magistrates. There are 25 salaried Metropolitan Police Magistrates (maximum 27) appointed by the Crown to execute the duties of justices of the peace within the Metropolitan Police District. The qualification for this office is having practised as a barrister for at least seven years. Any such magistrate can do alone any act which may be legally done by more than one justice of the peace. there is also special jurisdiction to settle disputes about wages for labour on the Thames, to deal with cases of oppressive distraint for small rents, to order delivery to the owner of goods unlawfully detained up to 15l. value, and to give possession of deserted premises to landlords (see Ston's Justices' Manual). The senior metropolitan Magistrate is ex-officio a justice for Berkshire (Indictable Offences Act, 1848). The Metropolitan Police Courts are: Bow Street, Clerkenwell, Marylebone, Marlborough Street, Westminster, Old Street, Thames, Tower Bridge, Lambeth, Greenwich, Wool...
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)]...
Magistrally
In a magistral manner...
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....
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