Read full poem →when the jocose old Miramont in the Elder Brother catches austere solemn
magistrate Brisac endeavouring to debauch his servani*s wife — Before he
breaks in upon him, he says;
Dictionary Entry
A judicial officer with limited authority to administer and enforce the law. A magistrate's court may have jurisdiction in civil or criminal cases, or both.
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Common Phrases
. magistratejudge magistratemagistrate chiefmagistrate districtmagistrate civilmagistrate policemagistrate residentmagistrate stipendiary
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Poetry examples for “magistrate”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Justice Clement, an old merry Magistrate.
Roger Formal, his Clerk.
Read full poem →And everyone must live, Christ Perko too,
The pulp-mill, the policeman, magistrate,
The alderman, the precinct captain too,
Read full poem →Of woman's flesh:
Worker, soldier, magistrate
Of city or realm;
Read full poem →" Art thou a magistrate ? then bo severe :
If studious, copy fair what time hath blurred.
Read full poem →doctrine, preeminently associated with the name of Roger Williams, of
universal toleration, based on the refusal to the civil magistrate of any
authority in spiritual matters.
Read full poem →the first town clerk, which oftice he held for nearly twenty years;
the first civil magistrate, the first schoolmaster, of whom many
anecdotes are told showing his fertile originality in developing