What is another word for Magistrature?

Pronunciation: [mˈad͡ʒɪstɹət͡ʃə] (IPA)

Magistrature refers to the office or authority of a magistrate. Synonyms for the word magistrature include magistrate, judiciary, judicial system, bench, court, and judicature. A magistrate is someone who holds a judicial position and has the power to conduct legal proceedings, hear testimony and evidence and rule in legal matters. The judiciary refers to the system of courts that interprets and applies the law. The bench refers to the judges who preside over legal proceedings, while the court is the place where legal hearings and trials take place. Judicature is another term for the administration of justice by the courts.

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Usage examples for Magistrature

The report of this vote disconcerted the First Consul, but he replied with some constraint that as the people had invested him with the supreme Magistrature, he would not feel assured of its confidence unless the present proposal were also sanctioned by its vote: "You judge that I owe the people another sacrifice: I will give it if the people's voice orders what your vote now authorizes."
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
He afterwards became assistant district attorney and later, when a vacancy occurred in the city Magistrature, he was successful in securing the appointment.
"The Lion and the Mouse A Story of an American Life"
Charles Klein
The germ of a hateful burgher-oligarchy was in the system, but, as compared with Spain, where municipal magistracies were sold by the crown at public auction; or with France, where every office in church, law, Magistrature, or court was an object of merchandise disposed of in open market, the system was purity itself, and marked a great advance in the science of government.
"History of the United Netherlands, 1609"
John Lothrop Motley

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