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Section 40-5-101 - "Magistrate" defined

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A magistrate is an officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a public offense.Code 1858, § 5015; Shan., § 6974; Code 1932, § 11513; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-602.