The consuls and high magistrates of Republican Rome sat in folding curule chairs inlaid with ivory.

This was where the magistrates sat to hold court.

A basilica featured a large exedra at the far end from its entrance, where the magistrates sat, usually raised up several steps, in hearing cases.

Its interior is dominated by two rows of columns framing the apses at each end of the building where the magistrates sat.

The magistrate sat high in a small courtroom, wearing his black robes.

After a magistrate has been sitting for about a year he or she will appraised.

"The magistrate sits in your heart that judges you."

Just before the magistrate would sit.

There were only three days left until the magistrate sat.

The old magistrate made her way to the bench and sat down slowly.