magistrature
- a variation of magistracy.
Example Sentences
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To some extent that’s also true of the Camorra and ’Ndrangheta, where the magistrature has also enjoyed some success.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2012
Today, the underpaid magistrature has become the refuge of law graduates who fear failure as lawyers, and the juge d'instruction is the lowest rung on the judicial ladder.
From Time Magazine Archive
Until 1818 they had owned all but seventeen houses of the inner town; they had their own magistrature.
From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 by Baerlein, Henry
The son of an officer of the line, he started by being a clerk in the provincial magistrature.
From An Outline of Russian Literature by Baring, Maurice
In every magistrature the grandeur and extent of power is compensated by the shortness of its duration.
From The French Revolution - Volume 3 by Durand, John
