Example sentences of "[prep] a magistrate 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | An application for a warrant of further detention can be made up to 42 hours from the commencement of the detention clock , in a situation where the 36 hour period runs out at a time when it is not possible for a magistrate 's court to sit . |
| 2 | Under the Act , persons may be detained for questioning at a police station , without charge , for 36 hours on the police 's own authority , and for a further 60 hours subject to successful application for a magistrate 's order . |
| 3 | Whinges about the black market for centre-court tickets are as much a part of the Wimbledon tennis championships as thunderstorms are — but this year 's new rules mean that any tout reselling tickets at Wimbledon next month could end up in a magistrate 's court . |
| 4 | The Authority had originally been convicted in a magistrate 's court after it dug out a plant-filled ditch as part of drainage works on Alverstone Marshes SSSI , in the Isle of Wight , without the consent of the Nature Conservancy Council ( as required under the Act ) . |
| 5 | Petty Sessions or Quarter Sessions : a criminal court , as opposed to a magistrate 's court where only short sentences could be imposed . |