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Foujdar, Fojedar, Phousdar, Fogedar

Foujdar, Fojedar, Phousdar, Fogedar, under the Mogul Government a magistrate of the police over a large district, who took cognizance of all criminal matters within his jurisdiction, and

Glorification in any manner

6(3), what would be punishable is such defiance or contravention of the order of the Collector and District Magistrate, as has the effect of the glorification in any manner of the com-mission of Sati. In distinction therewith,

Distress

Act, 1908 (see above), provides (s. 2) for the determination of distress disputes under that Act by a magistrate or justices, and also enables (s. 6) a 'superior landlord' to require payment of rent direct to himself

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Master and servant

are now more frequently termed 'workmen,' their masters being termed 'employers') are subject to the control of the magistrates under the (English) Employers and Workmen Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 90), and by the Truck

Curia

Curia, a court of justice. Also the class from which, in the Roman provincial towns, the magistrates were eligible.

Diary

which should contain full and unabridged statements of persons examined by the police so as to give the Magistrates on a perusal of the said diary, a satisfactory and complete source of information which would enable him

Fairs

such fairs are held,' gives power to the Home Secretary to abolish any fair on representation of the magistrates, and with consent of the owner; and many fairs have been abolished under the powers of the Act.

Formalities

Formalities, robes worn by the magistrates of a city or corporation, etc., on solemn occasions.

Justice

to every man what is his due, opposed to injury or wrong. It is either distributive, belonging to magistrates, or commutative, respecting common transactions among men. See JUSTITIA.

King's Bench

below. It superintended all civil operations in the kingdom. (See quo warranto.) By writ of mandamus it commanded magistrates to do what their duty required in every case where there was no other specific remedy. By writ

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