(noun) = Juiz de Paz / Juiz Auxiliar = a civil officer with the authority to administer the law (com poderes para decidir pequenas causas (nonindictable offenses = infrações sumárias), normalmente não formado em Direito, que presta os seus serviços voluntariamente, geralmente sem pagamento, um tipo de juiz de paz)
(Não traduzir por "Magistrado" que é [Aulete] "Autoridade investida de poderes, em determinada jurisdição, para governar ou distribuir justiça; ADMINISTRADOR; GOVERNADOR; PRESIDENTE. Autoridade do Poder Judiciário. Primeiro magistrado: 1 Aquele que exerce o mais alto cargo e detém a mais alta autoridade política e administrativa; presidente da República. )
Magistrate's Court: Juizado de Paz / Tribunais de Magistratura (Pertencem aos Tribunais Inferiores, 1.ª Instância com competência para julgar questões civis de menor importância; (quando estive em Londres, passava todos os dias por um "Magistrate's Court" na Mile End Road)
"We are now considering an appeal against the magistrate's decision."
Additional notes:
◦In the US, a magistrate can generally hear criminal-minor offences and some civil cases. A magistrate's decisions, unlike those of the judges, do not set precedents for other courts to follow.
◦In the UK, the Magistrate's court is the court of first instance for all criminal cases and some civil and family cases.
Source: Translegal
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CONTINUAL & CONTINUOUS
Use continuous when describing something that keeps going on, without stopping.
• The ski boat has been in use continually [on and off] over the past week.
Use continual when describing something that goes on frequently, but in fits and starts.
• The skiers have been practicing continuously all morning and I haven't been in the boat even once!
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• The ski boat has been in use continually [on and off] over the past week.
Use continual when describing something that goes on frequently, but in fits and starts.
• The skiers have been practicing continuously all morning and I haven't been in the boat even once!
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HISTORIC & HISTORICAL
Use historic to describe any event that marks a milestone:
• I understand that Harrison's historical society [people interested in history] met yesterday in their new headquarters.
Use historical when that event--or any event you may be referring to--warrants mention in a history book.
• What a historic [monumental] occasion that was! [Ed. note: In American form, NEVER use an before historic.
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• I understand that Harrison's historical society [people interested in history] met yesterday in their new headquarters.
Use historical when that event--or any event you may be referring to--warrants mention in a history book.
• What a historic [monumental] occasion that was! [Ed. note: In American form, NEVER use an before historic.
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