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Directories of Departments, what we call County Magistracies, being chosen by Citizens of a too 'active' class, are found to pull one way; Municipalities, Town Magistracies, to pull the other way.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

By what reports, rumours, or surmises the Citizens of a Republic are led to favour a fellow-citizen: and whether the Magistracies are bestowed with better judgment by a People or by a Prince XXXV.

From Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius by Thomson, Ninian Hill

‘This free-born Nation lives not upon the dole or Bounty of One Man, but distributing her Annual Magistracies and Honours with her own hand is herself King People.’

From Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 by Wright, William Aldis

Included in these rings were several Magistracies which he said would solve a knotty problem.

From Native Life in South Africa by Plaatje, Sol (Solomon Tshekisho)