an official who acts as a judge in the lowest courts of law synonym Justice of the Peace治安法官;基层司法官员 to come up before the magistrates 在地方法院出庭
Extra ExamplesTopics Law and justicec1, Jobsc1A magistrate ordered that they return to the UK. 地方治安法官判令他们返回英国。 He is due to appear before magistrates on a charge of assault. 他被控袭击他人,将在地方治安法庭出庭。 She was granted bail by Liverpool magistrates. 她被利物浦地方法官准予保释。 The prosecutor submits a dossier to an examining magistrate. 检察官向预审法官提交档案。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- examining
- investigating
- licensing
- …
- appoint somebody
- appoint somebody as
- appear before
- …
- hear something
- decide something
- rule something
- …
- judge
- magistrates’ court
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin magistratus ‘administrator’, from magister ‘master’.