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One invested with absolute authority; especially, a magistrate created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power. Invested with the authority of a dictator, nay, of a pope, over our language. Macaulay.

disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss. The rest I reserve it be disputed how the magistrate is to do herein. Milton.

The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.

One of two Roman officers or magistrates united in the same public functions.

er efficiently and forcibly exerted; vigorous or effectual operation; as, the energy of a magistrate.

, as of property, or of office; as, the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office.

A magistrate; one of a body of five magistrates chosen by the people of ancient Sparta. They exercised control even over the king.

tions, etc.; to enact; to ordain. By the consent of all, we were established The people's magistrates. Shak. Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed. Dan. vi. 8.

An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body.

Capable of being exercised, employed, or enforced; as, the authority of a magistrate is exercisible within his jurisdiction.

bundle of rods, having among them an ax with the blade projecting, borne before the Roman magistrates as a badge of their authority.

t; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a throne; the president fills the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the House fills the chair.

A declaration by a magistrate.

Magistrates in Sparta, who with the ephori and kings, constituted the supreme civil authority.

The chief magistrate of any one of several republics in mediæveal Italy.

ly, one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State; a chief ruler or magistrate; as, the governor of Pennsylvania. "The governor of the town." Shak.

A name given to many manor houses because the magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion house. Cowell.

In Holland, and, until the 19th century, also in Cape Colony, a council to assist a local magistrate in the government of rural districts; hence, also, a member of such a council.

A magistrate who had charge of religious matters, as at Byzantium. Liddel & Scott.

communicate facts by way of accusation against; to denounce; as, two persons came to the magistrate, and informed against A.