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magistrate 1. a public officer concerned with the administration of law 2. another name for justice of the peace 3. NZ the former name for district court judge How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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They inherited fragments of the medieval Fort du Ha including two robust towers, an awe-inspiring Classicist courthouse from the early nineteenth century, and a curving School of Magistrature (French judges have own their educational system). Finally, in January 1983, the Turin Magistrature ordered the return oft he collection to the Ecuadorean consul in Turin. A frequent strategy is to justify discriminatory practices on the grounds of public decency, a strategy clearly exemplified in Domenico Bruni da Pistoia's interesting Difese delle donne (1552), whose first book contains a detailed, point-by-point analysis of the way in which the law discriminates against women, excluding them from the magistrature and from legal functions such as making contracts and administering property. |
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