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Definition of Magistracy
1. Noun. The position of magistrate.
Generic synonyms: Berth, Billet, Office, Place, Position, Post, Situation, Spot
Definition of Magistracy
1. n. The office or dignity of a magistrate.
Definition of Magistracy
1. Noun. The office or dignity of a magistrate. ¹
2. Noun. The collective body of magistrates. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Magistracy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Magistracy
Literary usage of Magistracy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Roman Public Life by Abel Hendy Jones Greenidge (1901)
"The other Powers in the State—the magistracy, the Comitia, and the Senate (1)
The magistracy As the Republican constitution continued in form unimpaired, ..."
2. History of New England by John Gorham Palfrey, Francis Winthrop Palfrey (1899)
"The party in opposition was not, how- ever, strong enough to restore Bellingham ;
and 1644. the chief magistracy was conferred on Endicott, ..."
3. The Law and Custom of the Constitution by William Reynell Anson (1907)
"The borough magistracy must be distinguished from that The of the County. ...
The Stipendiary magistracy is an institution which took The Sti- its rise in ..."
4. Michel de Montaigne by Edward Dowden (1905)
"CHAPTER II THE magistracy AND THE COURT AT the age of thirteen Montaigne had
completed his course at the College of Guyenne. ..."
5. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"... county magistracy, and as such he was appointed by the ^unty' commission of
the peace the keeper of their records, custos magistracy; ..."
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