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- noun Plural form of
magistrate .
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Examples
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John, the problem with magistrates is that the majority are anti-police, seeing us over overbearing on the people we put before them and 99% of the people we put before them deserve to be there.
Every Cloud « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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In the federal court system, magistrate judges formerly were called magistrates.
Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002
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In the federal court system, magistrate judges formerly were called magistrates.
Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002
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Two men were brought before the Dublin magistrates on Monday for using seditious language in the streets.
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[Footnote a: I here use the word magistrates in the widest sense in which it can be taken; I apply it to all the officers to whom the execution of the laws is intrusted.]
Democracy in America — Volume 1 Alexis de Tocqueville 1832
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The apostle therefore, for the obviating of this reproach and the clearing of Christianity from it, shows that obedience to civil magistrates is one of the laws of Christ, whose religion helps to make people good subjects; and it was very unjust to charge upon Christianity that faction and rebellion to which its principles and rules are so directly contrary.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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Obedience to magistrates is a considerable branch of a Christian's duty: So is the will of God.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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The plot was engineered by politicians, journalists and magistrates from the Italian Left,
Latest news, breaking news, current news, UK news, world news, celebrity news, politics news 2010
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The forum of the Roman people, where they assembled to enact their laws and elect their magistrates, is now enclosed for the cultivation of pot-herbs, or thrown open for the reception of swine and buffaloes.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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The ambiguous office of these magistrates is explained by the tradition, that, in the twelve principal islands, twelve tribunes, or judges, were created by an annual and popular election.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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