magistrate
Kelime Anlamı :

1. i., İng. sulh yargıcı.
2. sulh hakimi.
3. polis mahkemesi hakimi.
4. sulh yargıcı.
5. adliye yüksek memuru.
6. hükümetin baş makamlarını işgal eden yetkili sivil memurlardan biri.
7. sulh yargıç.
8. sulh hukuk mahkemesi.
Tanımlar :
1. A civil officer with power to administer and enforce law, as:
2. A local member of the judiciary having limited jurisdiction, especially in criminal cases.
3. A minor official, such as a justice of the peace, having administrative and limited judicial authority.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. A person clothed with power as a public civil officer; a public civil officer invested with the executive government, or some branch of it.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.