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This term may have a more or less extensive signification according to the use and connection in which it occurs. In its widest sense it includes the whole body of public functionaries, whether their offices be legislative, judicial, executive, or administrative. In a more restricted {and more usual) meaning, it denotes the class of officers who are charged with the application … [Read more...] about MAGISTRACY

See Insanity. … [Read more...] about MADNESS

In old English practice. Magisterial writs; writs adapted to special cases, and so called from being framed by the masters or principal clerks of the chancery. Bract fol. 4136; Crabb, Com. Law, 547, 548. … [Read more...] about MAGISTRALIA BREVIA

Eng. law. An officer attending the court of session. … [Read more...] about MACE-BEARER

Certain regulations prescribed for the government of the Madras presidency. Mozley & Whitley. … [Read more...] about MADRAS REGULATIONS