(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:00:22

Mag"is*tra*cy (?), n.; pl. Magistracies (#). [From Magistrate.]

1.

The office or dignity of a magistrate.

Blackstone.

2.

The collective body of magistrates.

 

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