Magistrate
Translation- Magistrate
- Magistrate Mag"is*trate, n. [L. magistratus, fr. magister
master: cf. F. magistrat. See {Master}.]
A person clothed with power as a public civil officer; a
public civil officer invested with the executive government,
or some branch of it. ``All Christian rulers and
magistrates.'' --Book of Com. Prayer.
[1913 Webster]
Of magistrates some also are supreme, in whom the sovereign power of the state resides; others are subordinate. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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