English-German translations for magistrate

• Magistrat der
  Gestern habe ich mit dem belgischen Magistrat gesprochen, der mir versichert hat, daß das Verfahren in Belgien Fortschritte macht. I spoke to the Belgian magistrate yesterday who confirms that proceedings are going ahead in Belgium.

Definition of magistrate

• 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
• A comparable official in medieval or modern institutions

Synonyms

• master's degree

Related words

• promagistrate
• magistrate's court
• magistrate judge
• magistrate's cassock
• committing magistrate
• police magistrate
• Roman magistrate
• chief magistrate
• city magistrate