magistrate 音标拼音: [m'ædʒəstr
, et] [m'ædʒɪstr
, et]
n . 长官,法官,推事
长官,法官,推事
magistrate n 1 :
a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (
especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses )
Magistrate \
Mag "
is *
trate \,
n . [
L .
magistratus ,
fr .
magister master :
cf .
F .
magistrat .
See {
Master }.]
A person clothed with power as a public civil officer ;
a public civil officer invested with the executive government ,
or some branch of it . "
All Christian rulers and magistrates ."
--
Book of Com .
Prayer .
[
1913 Webster ]
Of magistrates some also are supreme ,
in whom the sovereign power of the state resides ;
others are subordinate . --
Blackstone .
[
1913 Webster ]
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president ,
warden Magistrate a public civil officer invested with authority .
The Hebrew shophetim ,
or judges ,
were magistrates having authority in the land (
Deut .
1 :
16 ,
17 ).
In Judg .
18 :
7 the word "
magistrate "
(
A .
V .)
is rendered in the Revised Version "
possessing authority ",
i .
e .,
having power to do them harm by invasion .
In the time of Ezra (
9 :
2 )
and Nehemiah (
2 :
16 ;
4 :
14 ;
13 :
11 )
the Jewish magistrates were called _seganim_ ,
properly meaning "
nobles ."
In the New Testament the Greek word _archon_ ,
rendered "
magistrate " (
Luke 12 :
58 ;
Titus 3 :
1 ),
means one first in power ,
and hence a prince ,
as in Matt .
20 :
25 ,
1 Cor .
2 :
6 ,
8 .
This term is used of the Messiah , "
Prince of the kings of the earth " (
Rev .
1 :
5 ).
In Acts 16 :
20 ,
22 ,
35 ,
36 ,
38 ,
the Greek term _strategos_ ,
rendered "
magistrate ,"
properly signifies the leader of an army ,
a general ,
one having military authority .
The _strategoi_ were the duumviri ,
the two praetors appointed to preside over the administration of justice in the colonies of the Romans .
They were attended by the sergeants (
properly lictors or "
rod bearers ").
MAGISTRATE ,
mun .
law .
A public civil officer ,
invested with some part of the legislative ,
executive ,
or judicial power given by the constitution .
In a narrower sense this term includes only inferior judicial officers ,
as justices of the peace .
2 .
The president of the United States is the chief magistrate of this nation ;
the governors are the chief magistrates of their respective states .
3 .
It is the duty of all magistrates to exercise the power ,
vested in them for the good of the people ,
according to law ,
and with zeal and fidelity .
A neglect on the part of a magistrate to exercise the functions of his office ,
when required by law ,
is a misdemeanor .
Vide 15 Vin .
Ab .
144 ;
Ayl .
Pand .
tit .
22 ;
Dig .
30 ,
16 ,
57 ;
Merl .
Rep .
h .
t .;
13 Pick .
R .
523 .
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