"Committing Magistrate" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL

A formal charge against a person, to the effect that he is guilty of a punishable offense, laid before a …

A member of council; one appointed to advise a sovereign or chief magistrate. [See under Consilor.]

In Roman law. An officer whose duties are described in Dig. 5, 4, 18, 7. See Id. 48, 8, 6; …

Lat In the civil law. Power; authority; domination; empire. Impcrium, or the jurisdiction of magistrates. The power of the father …

An obllgation of record, entered into before some court of record, or magistrate duly authorized, with condition to do some …

icularly, a writ or precept issued by a magistrate, justice, or other competent authority, addressed to a sheriff, constable, or …