Section 26. Judge

The  term  "judge"  includes  every  judicial  officer
  authorized, alone or with others, to hold or preside  over  a  court  of
  record.  It  also includes a justice, surrogate, recorder, Town Justice,
  Village Justice, City Justice or other judicial  officer  authorized  or
  required  to  act  or  prohibited  from acting in or with respect to the
  matter or thing referred to in the provision wherein that word is used.