magistrate
nounmasculineformal/mɐʒiʃˈtɾadu/medium
ma·gis·tra·do
Definition
A civil officer or lay judge who administers the law, especially one who conducts a court that deals with minor offenses and holds preliminary hearings for more serious ones.
The magistrate issued a warrant for his arrest.
She served as a magistrate for over twenty years.
Common collocations
lay magistratestipendiary magistratemagistrate's courtto appear before a magistrate
Etymology
Do latim 'magistratus' ('cargo público, dignidade').