magistrate judge
Defined in 2 places across 2 titles of the United States Code.
"magistrate judge" or "United States magistrate judge" means an individual appointed under section 631 of title 28;
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- 2000–present5 U.S.C. § 8331Government Organization and Employees · Definitions · in this section
“United States magistrate judge” and “magistrate judge” shall mean both full-time and part-time United States magistrate judges.
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- 2000–present28 U.S.C. § 639Judiciary and Judicial Procedure · Definitions · as used in this chapter