The difference between Justiciary and Magistrate

When used as nouns, justiciary means a judgeship: a judge's jurisdiction, power, or office, whereas magistrate means 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.


Justiciary is also adjective with the meaning: of or relating to justification or redemption before god.

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  1. Justiciary as a noun (Scotland, countable, chiefly, _, historical):

    A judgeship: a judge's jurisdiction, power, or office.

  2. Justiciary as a noun (Originally, _, Scotland, uncountable):

    The judiciary: a collective term for the court system or the body of judges, justices etc.

  3. Justiciary as a noun (historical):

    One who administers justice, particularly: A judge or justice. A magistrate. A Chief Justiciar: the highest political and judicial officer of the Kingdom of England in the 12th and 13th centuries. A justiciar: a high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland. Various equivalent medieval offices elsewhere in Europe.

  4. Justiciary as a noun (Christian, theology):

    A believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.

  1. Justiciary as an adjective (Christian, theology, obsolete):

    Of or relating to justification or redemption before God.

  2. Justiciary as an adjective (Christian, theology, obsolete):

    Of or relating to the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.

  3. Justiciary as an adjective:

    Judicial: of or relating to the administration of justice, judges, or judgeships.

  4. Justiciary as an adjective:

    Of or relating to the High Court of Justiciary.

  5. Justiciary as an adjective:

    Of or relating to a circuit court held by one of the judges of the High Court of Justiciary.

  1. Magistrate as a 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.

  2. Magistrate as a noun (historical):

    A high official of the state or a municipality in ancient Greece or Rome.

  3. Magistrate as a noun (historical, by extension):

    A comparable official in medieval or modern institutions.

  4. Magistrate as a noun (Quebec):

    A master's degree.

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