"Magistrate" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

Lat An. officer having charge of acta, public records, registers, jour-nals, or minutes; an officer who entered on record the …

One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the …

To behave or conduct, as in morals, private duties, or public offices; to bear or deport one's self; as, we …

Lat Things of gen-eral knowledge and concern; matters transacted before certain public officers. Calvin

A putting off or post-lining of business or of a session until an-other tlme or place; the act of a …

The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of …

A magistrate in ancient Rome, who had the superintendence of public buildings, highways, shows, etc.; hence, a municipal officer.

An officer who presided over the great public games in Greece.

Orig., an officer appointed to look to the goodness of ale and beer; also, one of the officers chosen by …

An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; -- properly only in the plural.

A public officer whose func-tion ls to examine and pass upon the ac-counts and vouchers of officers who have received …

In the civil law. An act which has been executed before a notary or other public officer authorized to execute …

An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students.

In ecclesiastical law. In its technical sense, this term includes ec-clesiastical preferments to which rank or public office is attached, …

A ticket from a public officer directing soldiers at what house to lodge; as, a billet of residence.

In criminal law. The re-ceiving or offering any undue reward by or to any person whomsoever, whose ordinary profession or …

An ecclesiastical officer who had charge of records or other public papers.

A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to …

The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body.

A name glven to the pre-siding officer of an assembly, public meeting, convention, deliberative or legislative body, board of directors, …