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I went ahead and read your profile again hunting for some since you asked so nicely. The only one I noticed offhand is that sheriff is used with sort of a more modern/wild west context. The medieval shire-reefe was similar (and, I am not extraordinarily well read on this topic, so I could be mistaken) but more of a position appointed to a local by the crown. If I remember correctly, Magistrate eventually replaced the word Sheriff in the middle ages and is a more accurate description of the office. So, closer to a judge/administrator than an officer?

[@Monochromatic Rainbow] You're staying. The decision isn't yours.
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A magistrate is, I believe, the lowest level of criminal court in England and Wales. Equivalent to the Justice of the Peace. The Scottish Sheriff court is the one above that.

But when I was paying attention to law, it was concerned with contract and negligence, so I don't remember the court structure too well.