<Entry xmlns="urn:NEID" xmlns:d="urn:NEID" level="20" proforma="trades_professions"><DEnt><HwdGp><HWD>magistrate</HWD><LabelGp><DOMAIN label="law"/><STYLE label="tech"/></LabelGp></HwdGp><FwkSenCnt><POS code="n"/><MEANING> person who acts as unpaid judge in a court dealing with minor or civil cases </MEANING><ExCnt><EX>Three men will appear before Belfast <b>magistrates</b> today on charges of intimidation .
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>She did much for the Red Cross , Girl Guides and the Royal Society for the Blind , and was a <b>magistrate</b> for many years .
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>The government promptly got a court order requiring the party secretary and the editor of its newspaper to reveal their sources to a <b>magistrate</b> , or face indefinite imprisonment .
</EX></ExCnt></FwkSenCnt><FwkMWEBlk><PhrBlk><PhrCnt><PhrGp><PHR> appear before magistrates </PHR></PhrGp><FwkSenCnt><MEANING> be tried in a magistrates' court </MEANING><ExCnt><EX>A man accused of two arson attacks in a city shopping centre has appeared before <b>magistrates</b> .
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>Ten people are due to appear before <b>magistrates</b> today , accused of drug-related offences .
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>He is due to appear before Torbay <b>magistrates</b> on May 1 .
</EX></ExCnt></FwkSenCnt></PhrCnt></PhrBlk><CpdBlk><CpdCnt><CpdGp><CPD> magistrates' court </CPD><VarCnt><VAR> Magistrates' Court </VAR></VarCnt></CpdGp><FwkSenCnt><POS code="n"/><MEANING>court of law in England and Wales which deals with minor or civil cases</MEANING><ExCnt><EX>Separation and maintenance orders can also be obtained from <b>magistrates</b>' courts .</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>The maximum fine in <b>magistrates</b> ' courts will be increased from £400 to £1,000 .</EX></ExCnt></FwkSenCnt></CpdCnt></CpdBlk></FwkMWEBlk></DEnt></Entry>

