magistracies

Each government was responsible for a territory with a specific number of towns or villages which were grouped together and controlled by magistracies.

The "virreinato" of New Spain 2008

Each government was responsible for a territory with a specific number of towns or villages which were grouped together and controlled by magistracies.

The "virreinato" of New Spain 2008

To cancel all debts, confiscate the property of the rich, and divide the magistracies and priesthoods among his followers.

CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010

Citizenship was a privilege; magistracies were usually reserved for men; not everyone was allowed to serve in the army; the right to marry was restricted; not everybody was permitted to own land; certain professions were considered to be vulgar; and nearly every society had at least one class of people who were not their own masters.

OpEdNews - Diary: Palestinians in Gaza, the Modern Helots 2008

Sulla, Pompey, and Julius Caesar followed, some of whom assumed the title of dictator and some of whom merely aggrandized their power through their wealth or their ability to dominate elections to the various magistracies.

Philip Giraldi: Neocon Ancient History 2008

There were two consuls so one could serve as a brake on the other and there were specific magistracies that represented class interests, like the Tribunes, who could veto legislation that was considered to be inimical.

Philip Giraldi: Neocon Ancient History 2008

This guardian was selected from those who filled the highest magistracies.

The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians 2007

With regard to those who have already passed147 the vigour of early manhood, and on whom the highest magistracies henceforth devolve, there is a like contrast.

The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians 2007

The sons of missionaries then filled various magistracies that were arising as a result of the rapid land dispossession and the destruction of African identity, culture and traditions.

CONTENTS 2007

Furthermore, owing to the possession of property beyond the limits of Attica,50 and the exercise of magistracies which take them into regions beyond the frontier, they and their attendants have insensibly acquired the art of navigation. 51 A man who is perpetually voyaging is forced to handle the oar, he and his domestics alike, and to learn the terms familiar in seamanship.

The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians 2007