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magistracy
n.
position or duties of a magistrate; body of magistrates, magistrates collectively
Magistrates' court
A magistrates' court is a lower court where, in most jurisdictions, all criminal proceedings start. Also some civil matters may be dealt with here, such as family proceedings.
magistracy
Noun
1. the position of magistrate
(synonym) magistrature
(hypernym) position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
Magistracy
(n.)
The office or dignity of a magistrate.
(n.)
The collective body of magistrates.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Magistracy
In its most enlarged signification, this term includes all officers, legislative, executive, and judicial. For example, in most of the state constitutions will be found this provision; "the powers of the government are divided into three distinct departments, and each of these is confided to a separate magistracy, to wit: those which are legislative, to one; those which are executive, to another; and those which are judiciary, to another." In a more confined sense, it signifies the body of officers whose duty it is to put the laws in force; as, judges, justices of the peace, and the like. In a still narrower sense it is employed to designate the body of justices of peace. It is also used for the office of a magistrate.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
