magistracy

• Fortune-tellers and books of fate were consulted on the most trivial occasions; and persons aspiring to the magistracy, after saying their prayers in the open air, had recourse to augury with the view of ascertaining whether the gods favoured their cause Great attention was paid by the Romans to dreams, and persons of disordered minds were supposed to possess the faculty of presaging future events. —  The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales
• For this it may have a civil magistracy--territorial courts. —  The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
• At the commencement then of their magistracy, they rendered the first day of their office remarkable by making an exhibition of great terror. —  The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08
• For if the consulship were made a plebeian magistracy, they must either yield it up entirely, or possess it entire, which possession they had received from their fathers unimpaired. —  The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08
• Every one felt that the unpaid magistracy were altogether inadequate to the discharge of their onerous duties; and many rules and ordinances had been enacted at various periods, for the preservation of the public peace, which had been nullified by their want of power and incompetency. —  The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria

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