examining magistrate

  • 1examining magistrate — judge who decides if there is a basis to try a suspect in a court of law …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 2magistrate — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ examining (BrE), investigating, licensing (BrE) ▪ chief, senior (BrE) ▪ presiding (BrE) ▪ …

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  • 3examining — adj. Examining is used with these nouns: ↑magistrate …

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  • 4examining trial — A trial or hearing held before a magistrate while presiding as such in an examining court for the purpose of inquiring into a criminal accusation which has been preferred against a person. Childers v State, 30 Tex App 160 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 5committing magistrate — An inferior judicial officer who is invested with authority to conduct the preliminary hearing of persons charged with crime, and either to discharge them for lack of sufficient prima facie evidence or to commit them to jail to await trial or (in …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 6committing magistrate — An inferior judicial officer who is invested with authority to conduct the preliminary hearing of persons charged with crime, and either to discharge them for lack of sufficient prima facie evidence or to commit them to jail to await trial or (in …

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  • 7Trial (law) — In law, a trial is an event in which parties come together to a dispute present information (in the form of evidence) in a formal setting, usually a court, before a judge, jury, or other designated finder of fact, in order to achieve a resolution …

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  • 8Trial — For other uses, see Trial (disambiguation). Mistrial redirects here. For other uses, see Mistrial (disambiguation). In law, a trial is when parties to a dispute come together to present information (in the form of evidence) in a tribunal, a… …

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  • 9Cesare Terranova — Judge Cesare Terranova Cesare Terranova (Palermo, August 15, 1921 – Palermo, September 25, 1979) was a magistrate and politician from Sicily notable for his anti Mafia stance. From 1958 until 1971 Terranova was an examining magistrate at the… …

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