justice of the peace

English Thesaurus

1. a local magistrate with limited powers (noun.person)

hypernym	:	magistrate,
definition	:	a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses) (noun.person)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)