In an inquisitorial system of law the examining magistrate or investigating magistrate is a judge who carries out investigations into allegations of criminality and arranges prosecutions. ==Origin== Many European judiciaries are based on the formal methods of the 1804 Napoleonic Code. As early police forces were often unreliable, the practice was ...
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The examining magistrate is a judge of the court of first instance to whom the public prosecutor refers the most complex criminal cases (felonies and misdemeanours). The magistrate then directs the action of the criminal investigation department. He or she may decide to put a person under investigation and proceed to a judicial review. He or she ga...
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