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‖ Volksraad|ˈvolksraːt|
[Du., Afrikaans, f. Du. volk people, folk n. + raad senate, council, rede n.]
1. The House of Assembly of the Republic of South Africa; formerly the chief legislative assembly in either of the former South African republics of the Transvaal or the Orange Free State.
1840in J. C. Chase Natal (1843) II. 127 On the 14th [Feb. 1840], the Chief Commandant..caused the following Proclamation to be read..:— I, Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius, Chief Commandant..of all the Burghers of the..Volks-Raad of the South African Society of Port Natal..&c &c &c. 1852Barter Dorp & Veld xiii. 194 A resolution of the Volksraad, that no additional natives should be allowed to take up their residence within the colony. 1865Chambers's Encycl. VII. 25/2 While the volksraad, or peoples' council [of Orange River Free State], exercise legislative functions. 1881Earl Selborne in Personal & Pol. Mem. (1898) II. 5 The Volksraad must yield, or the war be renewed.
2. Netherlands East Indies. A council advisory to the Governor-General.
1920Manual Netherlands India (Admiralty) viii. 248 This council, under the name of the Volksraad..is a representative body of 38 members. 1948A. J. Barnouw Making of Mod. Holland xi. 210 By an act of December 16, 1916, a Volksraad or People's Council was set up. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia IX. 488/1 At the end of World War I the Dutch..created the Volksraad (People's Council). Composed of a mixture of appointed and elected representatives of the three racial divisions defined by the government—Dutch, Indonesian, and ‘foreign Asiatic’—the Volksraad provided opportunities for debate and criticism but no control over the government of the Indies. |