of Public Prosecutions, who heads the Crown Prosecution Service, (consisting of Chief Crown Prosecutors and Crown Prosecutors). The duties for which these three officers are responsible correspond in many ways to the functions of the ministère public and ministerio publico of French-speaking and Spanish-speaking civil law coxintries. The Attorney-General is also the head of the English Bar. (b) Judicial officers stricto sensu: judges and magistrates. The term judge is used collectively for all judges and magistrates, but tends to be used less of justices of the peace. The titles of the judges composing the various courts are as follows (excluding the holders of specific offices such as the Lord Chancellor, the Master of the Rolls, etc.): House of Lords; Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, called Law Lord, with the title Lord. Judicial Committee of the Privy Council: Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, Court of Appeal: Lords Justice of Appeal, with the title Lord Justice, abbreviated as L.J. - 1132 - High Court; puisne judges, with the title Mr. Justice, abbreviated as Mr J.; recorders (part-time judges). Crown Court: puisne judges; circuit judges, with the title His Honour Judge ...; recorders; justices of the peace, (see below). County Courts; Circuits judges; recorders. Magistrates' courts; a few stipendiary magistrates (professional judges who in London are called metropolitan stipendiary magistrates or simply metropolitan magistrates); about 24,000 justices of the peace, who are laymen (honorary magistrates) and are called magistrates. When sitting as a juvenile court, magistrates are called juvenile magistrates; when conducting committal proceedings they are called examining justices. (c) Barristers (d) Officers of the court latp sensu; (i) Officers of the court stricto sensu: 1/ masters, registrars, referees, associates, secretaries, clerks, bailiffs, ushers, messengers; also receivers and sequestrators while acting as such by order of the court. (ii) Solicitors 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be related to the structure and organization of the justice system in England and Wales. It describes the roles and responsibilities of various officials, including judges, magistrates, barristers, and officers of the court. The text does not mention any specific economic, environmental, or scientific topics, but rather focuses on the legal system.

**Category**
Justice, Government