Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [art] magistrate " in BNC.

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1 It would have included responsibility for the finance , organization and administration of the Magistrates ' courts , and for criminal legal aid .
2 Since Christie had the vote of the burgh of Stirling at his disposal after the Michaelmas elections of 1740 , when the friends of James Erskine of Grange were turned out of council by Christie 's party , Ilay and Milton showed their appreciation of the magistrate 's friendship by ensuring that Sir Robert Walpole recommended Mr. Christie to Sir Charles Wager to such effect that the admiral named Christie to the highly desirable post of lieutenant in a new frigate , with all the prospects of prize money which such an appointment entailed .
3 After weeks of violence culminating in the brutal murder of a magistrate , Rosario Livatino , in Sicily on Sept. 21 , President Francesco Cossiga had warned in an open letter to parliament on Sept. 23 that " whole regions of Italy are now controlled by the Mafia , not by the state " and that Sicily , Campania and Calabria needed to be " reconquered " .
4 The regional public relations officer for the Hampshire incorporated Law Society Richard Newson , has fears about the future of the magistrates ' courts .
5 Another possibility worth considering is taking articles with the clerk of a magistrates ' court with a view to this type of appointment .
6 ‘ Difficult , ’ agreed Henry , ‘ and made more so , I imagine , by the fact that both the Coroner and the Chairman of the Magistrates ’ Bench were there . ’
7 He 's a former chairman of the magistrates association and has spent thirty one years on the bench .
8 But the chairman of the magistrates saiod they viewed the offences very seriously and found Mr Righton a total of £900 plus £75 costs .
9 This provoked fierce opposition on the part of the Magistrates ' Association , however , which viewed it as an unwarranted attack on the independence of magistrates , and just five years later the measure was repealed as a result .
10 Nine two , you have a paper from the , which is a copy of the paper th , that the director of financial services submitted to the magistrate 's court committee management board , a response from the magistrate 's courts management board for the county council erm , I will move to note the response of the magistrate 's courts committee and to confirm our previous recommendation to the county council regarding this part of the policy resources committee budget .
11 The primary function of the Magistrates ' Court is to try criminal cases .
12 As recommended by Beeching , the Lord Chancellor assumed overall responsibility for the construction and administration of all courts above the level of the Magistrates ' courts .
13 Among other devices , the minority would separate from the majority at the annual election of the Magistrates and Councillors , and each faction would make separate elections .
14 By contrast requiring a case to be stated , just like the appeal by way of case stated from a decision of a magistrates ' court or the Crown Court described in chapter 7 , obliges the tribunal to set out its decision and the reasons for it together with a formulation of the questions to be considered by the High Court .
15 Today , jury trials are out of fashion , because censorship of the media is more easily achieved by an injunction , granted by a judge sitting in secret , or by a directive from a regulatory body like the Independent Broadcasting Authority , or by the decision of a magistrates ' court .
16 That evidence was , prima facie , of itself sufficient to justify the decision of the magistrate that the applicant should be committed .
17 At all events in the present case the question whether , in the light of Price 's subsequent retraction before the magistrate , his Swedish evidence was sufficient to justify the applicant 's committal , was essentially a matter for the decision of the magistrate , who had heard Price give evidence before him .
18 a Court Clerk , who is legally trained and can advise Magistrates about matters of law , but who does n't take part in the actual decision of the Magistrates ?
19 Decisions as to the disqualification of a magistrate or justice of the peace , in his capacity as a judge in a criminal court , are not directly in point , but may be helpful .
20 The chairfman of the magistrates Mr John Wright told Dines his offences were serious .
21 ‘ We all know about criminal cases and traffic offences , but there are many aspects of the work of the Magistrates Court which do not see the light of day as far as the general public are concerned , for example juvenile and matrimonial cases .
22 Certain of the magistrates were nominated to a special inner group , some of whom had to be present if a session of the magistrates ' court was to be lawful .
23 They are : the administration of the Crown Court and Court of Appeal ( Criminal Division ) ; the financing , organization and management of the Magistrates ' courts ; legal aid , legal services , and costs from central funds ( policy and provision ) ; and the appointment , or advice on the appointment , of almost all judges , judicial officers and magistrates in England and Wales , and in Northern Ireland .
24 In April 1992 , the month in which responsibility for the financing , organization and management of the Magistrates ' courts passed to the Lord Chancellor 's Department , machinery of government changes made in the aftermath of the General Election transferred five existing Home Office functions to other departments .
25 His solicitor , Mr Colin Reynolds , drew the attention of the magistrate , Mrs Daphne Wickham , to these injuries .
26 On the basis of interviews with prisoners in The Netherlands and England , Downes concluded that there was less ‘ depth ’ to imprisonment in the former , a parallel to John Howard 's conclusion two centuries earlier : ‘ I do not know which to admire most , the neatness and cleanliness appearing in the prisons , the industry and regular conduct of the prisoners , or the humanity and attention of the magistrates and regents . ’
27 Wages did not rise in proportion , and by the Spring of 1795 there was the extensive distress and threat of mass starvation which led , in May , to the infamous meeting of the magistrates at Speenhamland in Berkshire , an event which would have such an impact on poor-law provision for the next few decades .
28 However , recent research ( by Riley and Vennard , 1999 , but see also Bottoms and McClean , 1976 ) has established that a significant proportion of such cases ( amounting to at least 40 per cent ) are committed at the discretion of the magistrates .
29 This , coupled with the notion of the magistrate as being responsible for enforcement of the judgments handed down by himself or his deputy , would surely suggest that he could give judgment for performance and enforce it specifically .
30 There is also provision for ABWOR to be provided at the request of a magistrates ' court or a county court by a solicitor within the precincts of the court for purposes other than the provision of ABWOR , where the court considers that the case should proceed the same day and that the client would not otherwise receive representation .
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