v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + magistrate. ] To divest of the office or authority of a magistrate. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. magistratus, fr. magister master: cf. F. magistrat. See Master. ] A person clothed with power as a public civil officer; a public civil officer invested with the executive government, or some branch of it. “All Christian rulers and magistrates.” Book of Com. Prayer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Of magistrates some also are supreme, in whom the sovereign power of the state resides; others are subordinate. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. magistratus, fr. magister master: cf. F. magistrat. See Master. ] A person clothed with power as a public civil officer; a public civil officer invested with the executive government, or some branch of it. “All Christian rulers and magistrates.” Book of Com. Prayer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Of magistrates some also are supreme, in whom the sovereign power of the state resides; others are subordinate. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]