Hypertext Webster Gateway: "magistracy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Magistracy \Mag"is*tra*cy\, n.; pl. {Magistracies}. [From
{Magistrate}.]
1. The office or dignity of a magistrate. --Blackstone.
2. The collective body of magistrates.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
magistracy
n : the position of magistrate
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