stipendiary

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James Norris, the stipendiary magistrate, was known as a man of urbanity and gentlemanly manners, but his colleague the Rev William Hay was fiercer.

From The Guardian • Jan. 4, 2018

In times of crisis, 18 volunteer magistrates and a stipendiary full-time magistrate took charge of law and order, and it was this body of anxious men who would precipitate the crisis of the day.

From The Guardian • Jan. 4, 2018

It's unlikely Jesus would have known Latin beyond a few words, says Jonathan Katz, stipendiary lecturer in Classics at Oxford University.

From BBC • May 27, 2014

The moment I knew I was in trouble was when the stipendiary steward asked the trainer, 'Is it possible for a jockey to make a horse bleed during the course of the race?'

From The Guardian • Mar. 26, 2013

And so the magistrate of first instance never dares to sum up severely, and the stipendiary never dares press his interrogations with firmness.

From The Cult of Incompetence by Barstow, Beatrice