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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

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pl.

Magistracies

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The office or dignity of a magistrate.

Blackstone.

The collective body of magistrates.

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.

The body of magistrates.

magistracy ‎(plural magistracies)

office or dignity of a magistrate