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    Is the office of magistrate a ministerial office?

    We all know (or should know) that a magistrate is a puisne judicial officer.

    The distinction seems to be between judicial, quasi-judicial, and ministerial offices.


    How come I feel like this is concerning if "the emperor has clothes" or not?

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    hi shikamaru

    Quote Originally Posted by shikamaru View Post
    We all know (or should know) that a magistrate is a puisne judicial officer.

    The distinction seems to be between judicial, quasi-judicial, and ministerial offices.


    How come I feel like this is concerning if "the emperor has clothes" or not?
    magistrate is an interesting sound/word. me thinks it has something todo with imagination.

    imagine the emperor naked?

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    Quote Originally Posted by shikamaru View Post
    We all know (or should know) that a magistrate is a puisne judicial officer.

    The distinction seems to be between judicial, quasi-judicial, and ministerial offices.


    How come I feel like this is concerning if "the emperor has clothes" or not?
    Cops are a type of magistrate--think, "justice of the peace" or "conservator of the peace".

    In modern usage, a magistrate is a judge or lawyer who hears cases in courts. In the United Kingdom, the term magistrate usually refers to a volunteer of the Magistrates' Courts, whereas in North America it refers to an officer of the state. Formerly, in ancient Rome, a magistratus was one of the highest ranking government officers and possessed both judicial and executive powers. Today, in common law systems, a magistrate has limited law enforcement and administration authority. In civil law systems, a magistrate may be a judge in a superior court, where the magistrates' court might have jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases. A related but not always equivalent term is chief magistrate which historically can denote a political and administrative officer.
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