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Webster 1913 Edition

Magistracy

Mag′is-tra-cy

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Magistracies
(#)
.
[From
Magistrate
.]
1.
The office or dignity of a magistrate.
Blackstone.
2.
The collective body of magistrates.

Webster 1828 Edition

Magistracy

MAG'ISTRACY

,
Adj.
[See Magistrate.] The office or dignity of a magistrate.
Duelling is not only an usurpation of the divine prerogative, but it is an insult upon magistracy.
1.
The body of magistrates.

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