Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Chapter 545 Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote 545.015. Definitions. — As used in chapter 545, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) 'Magistrate' means associate circuit judge; (2) 'Circuit court' means a division of the circuit court presided over by a circuit judge; and (3) 'Judge of the circuit court' means a circuit judge. -------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Effective 1-02-79
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