In England and Wales, a magistrates' court is a lower court which hears matters relating to summary offences and some triable either-way matters. Some civil law issues are also decided here; while fam
Bedford Magistrates' Court
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The term magistrate is used in a variety of systems of governments and laws to refer to a civilian officer who administers the law. In ancient Rome, a magistratus was one of the highest ranking govern
Magistrates' court (England and Wales)
…their sentencing powers are likely to be insufficient. In the magistrates' court, cases are usually heard by a bench of three (or occasionally two) justices of the peace, or by a district judge (magistrates' court). Criminal cases are usually, although not exclusively, investigated by the police and then prosecuted at…
Sir Lyman Poore Duff, a former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
A magistrate's office in the United States