His Honour or Her Honour is an honorific prefix which is traditionally applied to certain classes of people, in particular justices and judges and mayors. In Australia and the United States, the prefix is also used for magistrates (spelled in the American style, "Honor"). A corruption of the term, "Hizzoner", is sometimes used to irreverently refer to mayors of cities such as New York or Chicago. In the Northern Territory (Australia) the Administrator is referred to as His/Her Honour. In England and Wales, it is used as a prefix for circuit judges, e.g. His Honour Judge John Smith.