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committing magistrate

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

Noun

committing magistrate (plural committing magistrates)

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

Forms of committing magistrate

pluralcommitting magistrates

Questions about committing magistrate

What does committing magistrate mean?
Committing magistrate means a magistrate with the authority to conduct preliminary hearings and to decide whether the evidence merits a criminal case.
What part of speech is committing magistrate?
Committing magistrate is a noun.
What is the plural of committing magistrate?
The plural of committing magistrate is committing magistrates.

Words near committing magistrate in the dictionary

  1. committible
  2. committies
  3. committing
  4. committing adultery
  5. committing die
  6. committing magistrate
  7. committing magistrates
  8. committing sudoku
  9. committing suicide
  10. committing to memory
  11. committings

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