Example sentences of "[art] magistrate ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The magistrates ' return contained all that was needed to give them jurisdiction over the subject-matter : occupation of a parish house belonging to the hamlet and service of a notice to quit . |
| 2 | The magistrates ' decision may be either unanimous or by a majority of the bench who heard the case . |
| 3 | If these steps are not taken , the council can take the offender to the magistrates ' court and a fine of up to £2,000 may be payable — and the fine may be repeated on a continuing basis if the notice is still not complied with . |
| 4 | Lord Justice Watkins said the Divisional Court could review an order of the magistrates ' court made for the purpose of preventing an abuse of its process and had done so on a number of occasions . |
| 5 | On the following day the appellant would have to be taken before the magistrates ' court : section 46 . |
| 6 | This led to a vast number of prosecutions , usually in the magistrates ' court , because the authorities were quite careful about alleging that less damage had occurred than would give the protesters the option of having a jury trial , something for which most of them would have very happily volunteered . |
| 7 | Conditions on the granting of bail may be imposed by the magistrates ' court on defendants against whom charges are pending . |
| 8 | At the time of writing , the first batch of prosecutions had collapsed in the magistrates ' court , on account of the long delay in launching the prosecutions against those involved . |
| 9 | They were convicted in the magistrates ' court , but appealed successfully to the Divisional Court on the ground that the question whether their obstruction had been reasonable had not been adequately considered . |
| 10 | It also suggests the possibility that demonstrators fall foul of the law in the magistrates ' court in ways which may never afterwards be given thoughtful re-examination at a more senior judicial level . |
| 11 | Every single criminal case in the country , trivial or serious , starts in the magistrates ' court . |
| 12 | Much of the above work is reasonably well known because the Magistrates ' Court is an open court . |
| 13 | Care proceedings are dealt with in the Magistrates ' Court and can result in children either being taken into care or being released from care . |
| 14 | Similarly prosecutions relating to water pollution and contravention of planning notices are dealt with in the Magistrates ' Court . |
| 15 | There are many different bodies in the country who seek to recover levies from individuals or companies and these matters are invariably dealt with by the Magistrates ' Court . |
| 16 | In real practice , law is very different for the majority of people , then and now , who appear before the Magistrates ' Court . |
| 17 | Section 2(1) of the Public Health ( Recurring Nuisances ) Act 1969 imposes a similar but lesser power : where a prohibition notice has not been complied with and the odour nuisance recurs , a local authority may institute summary proceedings , whereupon the Magistrates ' Court hearing the complaint shall have like power to make a nuisance order in the same way as if the local authority had acted under s.93 of the Public Health Act 1936 . |
| 18 | If the Magistrates ' Court is satisfied that the odour complained of does indeed amount to a statutory nuisance , a nuisance order must be granted for one or both the following purposes : |
| 19 | Provision is made by s.107(4) of the 1936 Act for any person aggrieved by the refusal of the local authority to grant a consent to the establishment of an offensive trade , by a time limit attached to the consent , or by the refusal to extend such a time limit , but not if the consent is conditional , to appeal by way of complaint to the Magistrates ' court . |
| 20 | Proof of disqualification may be certificate of conviction or extract from the magistrates ' court register together with proof of identification of the defendant , e.g. by the police officer who was present in court when the defendant was disqualified . |
| 21 | The two men , who had escaped from a coach taking them to the magistrates ' court in Reading , were taken to hospital to have their broken arms set in plaster . |
| 22 | Since the maximum term of imprisonment which might be imposed in the Magistrates ' court for a single offence is six months , the Act effectively took out of the hands of the magistrates the power to impose sentences of immediate imprisonment on the majority of offenders who had not previously been sentenced to imprisonment or borstal training . |
| 23 | The Magistrates ' court must first form a view on which mode of trial appears more suitable , having regard to the nature of the case , whether the circumstances make the offence one of a serious character , and whether Magistrates ' powers of sentencing would be adequate . |
| 24 | Under section 1 of the Magistrates ' Court Act 1980 , a warrant for arrest may be issued by a magistrate on sworn information by the police . |
| 25 | applications to the domestic panel of the magistrates ' court for various kinds of matrimonial relief ; |
| 26 | When prosecution for pollution does take place , it is in the magistrates ' court , where it shares the stage with licensing applications and speeding motorists . |
| 27 | The decisions of the Court of Appeal ( Criminal Division ) bind courts trying criminal cases , that is the Crown Court and the Magistrates ' Court . |
| 28 | The Criminal Division also binds the Divisional Court which hears appeals from decisions of the Magistrates ' Court . |
| 29 | The Divisional Court of the Queen 's Bench Division , which exercises a supervisory capacity over the inferior courts and sits as a court to which an appeal ‘ by way of case stated ’ may be made from the Magistrates ' Court , is bound by the House of Lords , the Court of Appeal and its own previous decisions . |
| 30 | This group comprises the County Court , the Magistrates ' Court and tribunals . |