English-Spanish translations for magistrate

• magistrado
  El fiscal clausuró en agosto la oficina de la Asociación de Magistrados tunecina. The Public Prosecutor closed the Tunisian Magistrates’ Association’s office in August.
  Destaca la adaptabilidad de la Red, que satisface las necesidades, en particular, de los magistrados. It highlights the Network's adaptability which meets the needs, in particular, of magistrates.
  ¿Por qué se les mantiene detenidos a pesar de que un magistrado dijo ayer que no existen pruebas reales contra ellos? Why, when the magistrate said yesterday that there was no real evidence against them, are they still being held?
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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