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"Your Honor" or "Judge" would be appropriate when addressing the magistrate directly. Shorten the title to "Hon." when referring to the judge in writing, as is done by the Federal Magistrate Judges Association.

Addressing a magistrate is only slightly different than addressing a judge. Address the magistrate as "The Honorable," when speaking of the magistrate in the third person, according to the Protocol School of Washington. "Your Honor" or "Judge" would be appropriate when addressing the magistrate directly.

To write a letter to a magistrate judge, address the letter to her at the courthouse, using the judicial honorific, which is "Honorable <First Name> <Last Name>, Magistrate Judge." Open the letter the "Dear Judge <Last Name>:" and close it with "Respectfully submitted," rather than "Sincerely" or something similar.

In some U.S. States, a magistrate is an independent judge. ... "Your Honor" or "Judge" would be appropriate when addressing the magistrate directly. Shorten the title to "Hon." when referring to the judge in writing, as is done by the Federal Magistrate Judges Association.

The High Courts' judges have always been addressed as My Lord or My Lady , since the days of the Union of South Africa. The Magistrates of the lower courts are addressed as Your Worship . The writer has witnessed one layperson address a Magistrate as Your Majesty .

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A general magistrate is an attorney appointed by a judge to take testimony and recommend decisions on certain matters connected with a divorce. These recommendations are then reviewed by the judge and are generally approved unless contrary to the law or the facts of the case.

One of the first differences that can be seen is that judges are credited to have more powers than a magistrate. The magistrate is known to have powers more of an administrator, and most of them handle only minor offenses. They may handle offenses, such as, petty theft, small crimes, and traffic violations.

When a party files objections, the case will be assigned to a judge. ... The judge may conduct a hearing, take additional evidence, or refer the case back to the magistrate for a new trial. The judge will agree (sustain), disagree (overrule), or change the magistrate's decision and enter a final judgment.

Family court magistrates make decisions that can have long-term effects on children and families. ... The decisions made by a family court magistrate (also called a family law magistrate) can have long-lasting impacts on the health and well-being of the children involved.

Magistrates have fewer and more limited powers than judges. They can hear different types of cases. Judges generally hear larger, more complex cases while magistrates hear smaller matters such as petty crime and traffic offenses. ... There is a difference between the power given to a judge over a magistrate.

Magistrate connotes a local judicial officer who is so appointed to administer and enforce law in the jurisdiction. Judge implies a judicial officer who enforces law in the jurisdiction and appointed to decide cases in the court of law.

The term magistrate is used in a variety of systems of governments and laws to refer to a civilian officer who administers the law. ... Today, in some jurisdictions, a magistrate is a judicial officer who hears cases in a lower court, and typically deals with more minor or preliminary matters.

A judge is more powerful than a district collector because as he is a judicial officer he has so many powers.

The chairman of the bench is formally addressed in the court room as "sir", "madam" or "your worship" and collectively the magistrates are addressed as "your worships".