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Attorney vs Magistrate - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between attorney and magistrate

is that attorney is (us) a lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession while magistrate is .

attorney

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US) A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
  • An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf.

    • Usage notes

    * In the "agent" sense, the word is now used to refer to nonlawyers usually only in fixed phrases such as attorney-in-fact or power of attorney.

    Synonyms

    * mouthpiece (slang) * advocate

    Derived terms

    () * attorney general * attorney-in-fact * attorney-at-law * patent attorney * power of attorney (POA) * trade mark attorney

    magistrate

    English

    (wikipedia magistrate)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (legal) A judicial officer with limited authority to administer and enforce the law. A magistrate's court may have jurisdiction in civil or criminal cases, or both.
  • (Quebec) A master's degree

    • Synonyms

    (sense, master's degree) * master's degree * master's * master * mistress (qualifier)

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