(law) A judicial officer with limited authority to administer and enforce the law. A magistrate's court may have jurisdiction in civil or criminal cases, or both.

plural of magistrate

Magisterialness; arbitrary dogmatism.

authoritatively; dogmatically. / extremely skilfully

Pertaining to or befitting a master; authoritative. / (obsolete, pharmacology) Sovereign (of a remedy); extremely effective.

(pharmacology) A sovereign medicine or remedy. / (countable) A magistral line.

plural of magistral

plural of magistrality

A magistrate with the authority to conduct preliminary hearings and to decide whether the evidence merits a criminal case.

plural of committing magistrate