Definition of "magistrates" []

• Plural form of magistrate. (noun)

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• "John, the problem with magistrates is that the majority are anti-police, seeing us over overbearing on the people we put before them and 99% of the people we put before them deserve to be there."
• "In the federal court system, magistrate judges formerly were called magistrates."
• "Two men were brought before the Dublin magistrates on Monday for using seditious language in the streets."