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

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1 As this case illustrates , it is a common mistake for the Crown Court to overlook the limitations on the permissible aggregate sentence in the magistrates ' court , set out in Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s.133 .
2 In 1971 ‘ Justice ’ , a group of liberal lawyers , published a booklet entitled The Unrepresented Defendant in the Magistrates ' Courts .
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 Any party to proceedings may appeal to the High Court against a magistrates ' court decision to make or refuse to make an order under the Children Act ( s94(1) ) .
5 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 ?
6 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 .
7 And so the poor man had been obliged to die in as Christian a manner as possible in the arms of the atheistical Magistrate who had , of course , listened without the least sympathy to Mr Bradley 's last pious ejaculations , impatiently muttering : " Yes , yes , to be sure , do n't worry about it , " as poor Mr Bradley , looking up into that last , glaring , free-thinking , diabolical , ginger sunset of the Magistrate 's whiskers , commended his soul to God .
8 applications to the domestic panel of the magistrates ' court for various kinds of matrimonial relief ;
9 There was evidence that some had their names withheld due to a specific request by a magistrate , judge or , in one instance , by the victim 's husband .
10 The primary function of the Magistrates ' Court is to try criminal cases .
11 There were no applications for bail for either defendant and both were granted legal aid by the magistrates .
12 There were no applications for bail for either , and both were granted legal aid by the magistrates .
13 Criminal legal aid in the magistrates ' courts cost £14 million in 1976 , rising to £16¾ million the following year , an increase of 17 per cent .
14 It had not been a good day for the Magistrate .
15 However , impressed in particular by the fact that Price was an accomplice who had retracted his Swedish evidence before the magistrate , the court decided to discharge the order made by the magistrate .
16 Opposing bail at the Magistrates Court , a detective said the two women had been left penniless and without passports but were planning to leave in a couple of days .
17 A little bit of friendliness , a more caring attitude from the magistrates would help .
18 The violent , dangerous and delinquent youth of the magistrates and NAS were also present in the statements of individual Chief Constables and representatives of the Police Federation who articulated publicly their own theories on the causes of crime in a manner which would have been thought unthinkable a few years previously .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 The Hugh Bell School in Middlesbrough opened on 7th January 1895 with 7 scholars as a deaf class in a cold , cramped room near the magistrates ' courts — who were wont to complain frequently about the noise from the alleyway between the classroom and the courts where the children played .
22 The wife had obtained a separation order containing a non-cohabitation clause from the magistrates ' court .
23 Justice Minister Kobie ( H. J. ) Coetsee announced on March 22 that the ban on unauthorised political and protest meetings without written permission from a magistrate , which had been renewed each year since 1976 , would lapse on March 31 .
24 The witness gives oral evidence at the preliminary inquiry in the magistrate 's court which is recorded in the form of a deposition .
25 ‘ There was sufficient evidence for a magistrate to issue this . ’
26 The police were required to bring the detained person before a magistrates ' court ‘ as soon as practicable ’ after arrest .
27 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 .
28 The maximum fine in a Magistrates ' Court for breaches of ss 2 to 6 of the Act and of other sections relating to breaches of improvement notices , and prohibition notices or court remedy orders , has risen to £20,000 and all other breaches of the Act or subordinate Regulations and other relevant legislation now incur a maximum fine of £5,000 ( previously £2,000 ) .
29 The committal — this is a preliminary hearing in a magistrates ' court and little information usually emerges at this stage .
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