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The Magistrate

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1. Dictatorial, Sir, Is Not Always A Bad Thing

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Apr 11, 2020, 06:35 PM

Apr 2020

The original Roman usage was a chief official elected to a term of one hundred days to deal with a specific emergency, during which a great many laws were suspended to enable him to act with quick decision for the common good.

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