The census was the first and principal duty of the Roman censors, high magistrates in charge of this 5-yearly activity.
C. 570 BCE c. 508 BCE Cleisthenes of Athens, Cleisthenes also spelled Clisthenes (born c. 570 bce died c. 508) statesman regarded as the founder of Athenian democracy, serving as chief archon (highest magistrate) of Athens (525 524).
The Tribal Assembly, while under the presidency of a higher magistrate (either a consul or praetor), elected the two curule aediles.
There were several types: Tresviri capitales, or tresviri nocturni, first instituted about 289 bc, assisted higher magistrates in their judicial functions, especially those relating to crime and the civil status of citizens.
Mr. Kulistikov also dismissed some of Mr. Putin's most outspoken critics as people whose views did not deserve airing because they undermined what he called "the higher magistrates elected by the people".
With the abolition of the monarchy in Rome in 509 bc, the Senate became the advisory council of the consuls (the two highest magistrates), meeting only at their pleasure and owing its appointment to them; it thus remained a power secondary to the magistrates.
Aediles were officers elected to conduct domestic affairs in Rome, and often assisted the higher magistrates.
Frontinus was urban praetor (a high-ranking magistrate) in Rome in ad 70.
When he is hired to protect Kristin Uys, a high-society magistrate, their divergent backgrounds and shared experiences produce a vibrant portrait of South Africa today.
"That these people were ready to go into action as terrorists in Spain — that came as a surprise," said Judge Baltasar Garzón, Spain's highest antiterrorism magistrate.
