español term (edited): juz de paz / juzgado de paz

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Source: The Collins Concise Spanish Dictionary © 2002 HarperCollins Publishers:

juez sustantivo masculino y femenino (SF a veces jueza)1 (derecho, jurídico) judge
◆MODISMO:ser juez y parte to be an interested party
juez de instrucción examining magistrate
***juez de paz justice of the peace; magistrate***


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EURODICAUTOM

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Subject Law - Legislation - Jurisprudence (JU)




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TERM Juzgado de Paz

Reference Names of National Courts ,Court of Justice of the EC, 1994

Note {NTE} España



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TERM Magistrates\'Court

Reference Names of National Courts;English Translation Division;Court of Justice of the EC;1994

Note {NTE} Spain.Translation suggested by the English Translation Division


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HERE ARE SOME AUSTRALIAN LINKS

Magistrates Court Public Site
www.magistratescourt.vic.gov.au/ - 2k - Sep 6, 2003 - Cached - Similar pages

Magistrates Courts, Tasmania - Home Page
magistrates court of tasmania, lower court jurisdiction in tasmania australia,
criminal and civil matters. ... Click here for Magistrates Court Home Page. ...
Description: General information on the functions, powers and services offered by the magistrates court.
Category: Regional > Oceania > Australia > Tasmania > Government > Law
www.courts.tas.gov.au/magistrate/ - 5k - Sep 6, 2003 - Cached - Similar pages

Federal Magistrates Court of Australia Homepage, See text version ...
... Judgments. Judgments Judgments made by the Federal Magistrates Court.
How the Court Works. ... Federal Magistrates Court of Australia. ...
www.fms.gov.au/ - 49k - Sep 6, 2003 - Cached - Similar pages


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Source: The Collins English Dictionary © 2000 HarperCollins Publishers:

magistrate [\'mædʒýˌstreýt, -strýt]
noun
1 a public officer concerned with the administration of law
Related adj: magisterial

2 another name for: justice of the peace

3 (New Zealand)
the former name for: district court judge
[ETYMOLOGY: 17th Century: from Latin magistratus, from magister master]
\'magis\"trateship noun


magistrates\' court
noun (in England) a court of summary jurisdiction held before two or more justices of the peace or a stipendiary magistrate to deal with minor crimes, certain civil actions, and preliminary hearings