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Noun: stipendiary magistrate
Usage: Brit
  1. (United Kingdom) a paid magistrate (appointed by the Home Secretary) dealing with police cases
    "The stipendiary magistrate presided over the busy metropolitan court";
    - stipendiary [Brit]

Derived forms: stipendiary magistrates

Type of: beak [Brit, informal], magistrate

Encyclopedia: Stipendiary magistrate