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stipendiary magistrate

stipendiary magistrate

9.9
A paid professional judge in Britain who deals with minor crimes and police cases
  • noun
  • /ˈstɪp.ənˌdɪə.ri ˈmædʒ.ɪ.streɪt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : magistrado stipendiario
  • Before becoming a circuit judge, he served as a stipendiary magistrate in the London courts.

Examples

  • Historically, only a stipendiary magistrate would handle such complex cases in metropolitan areas.

  • A stipendiary magistrate must be impartial.

  • The stipendiary magistrate presided over the trial with professionalism and efficiency.

  • The stipendiary magistrate ruled on the case yesterday.

  • The stipendiary magistrate sentenced the defendant to community service for his minor offense.

  • During the trial, the stipendiary magistrate listened carefully to the testimonies from both sides.

  • In historical UK courts, a stipendiary magistrate would handle cases ranging from theft to public disturbances.

Synonyms

magistrate
vsstipendiary magistrate
63 7.2

A local official who hears small legal cases and decides on minor crimes or disputes

refers to the paid professional appointed specifically for police and minor criminal cases
stipendiary
vsstipendiary magistrate
  • Archaic
9.9

A paid local judge in the UK who handled police cases

is the historical formal title for that paid professional role

Surface Forms

stipendiary magistrate singular
stipendiary magistrates plural

Morphology

stipendiary + magistrate

The noun is directly compositional: 'stipendiary' means paid/remunerated and 'magistrate' is an official who judges minor offenses, so together they denote a paid/professional magistrate. Although the term is formal/historical, its meaning follows standard adjective+noun subtype formation and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

Stipendiary magistrate comes from an old word for payment and the word for judge: stipendiary means 'paid' and magistrate is a local judge. So it refers to a professional, paid judge who works in the courts.