He was introduced to more modest accommodations last week when a French magistrate tossed him into jail on suspicion of stock price manipulation.

Knight subdues them again but this time a minor French magistrate is sent to the island to try them there.

Why take on terrorism, as opposed to corruption, like some other well-known French magistrates?

His refusal to emerge and talk to a French magistrate lies at the heart of the impasse.

French magistrates are allowed to detain people suspected of "conspiracy in relation to terrorism" while gathering evidence.

Subsequently, the French magistrate was not granted access to all of the persons named by Legré.

As such, it is also the color worn on their court dress by French high magistrates.

A toque, or sometimes touge, was the traditional headgear of various French magistrates.

French magistrates are looking into whether the Eurotunnel executives may have supplied false information when the company sold new shares worth $1.2 billion.

And the vistas down the three avenues, which an 18th-century French magistrate compared to crow's feet, are as enticing as ever.