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▪ I. constabulary, n.|kənˈstæbjʊlərɪ|
[ad. med.L. constabulāria, f. constabul-us: see -ary.]
†1. The office of a constable; constableship.
1587Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1597) 83 b, Constabularies, and Baillieries of our proper lands and Castelles. 1746–7Act 20 Geo. II, c. 43 §2 All heretable constabularies, other than the office of high constable of Scotland.
2. A district under a constable; a constablewick.
1631Star Chamb. Cases (Camden) 68 One Francis Bridge, being Constable of Walson..was present, this being within his constabulary. 1791Mackintosh Vind. Gall. Wks. 1846 III. 20 The constituent assemblies of the several provinces, bailliages, and constabularies of the [French] kingdom. 1813N. Carlisle Topog. Dict. Scot. II. (Haddington), It continued a Constabulary at the Restoration.
3. The organized body of constables or peace officers of a country or specified district.
1837Dickens Pickw. xxiv, The day-scholars..had hooted the beadle, and pelted the constabulary. 1840Penny Cycl. XVIII. 335/1 To correct the various evils incident to the constitution of the present rural constabulary, the magistrates of Cheshire, in 1829..obtained an Act which authorized them to appoint and direct a paid constabulary. 1874Morley Compromise (1886) 38 Those who..would maintain churches on the same principle on which they maintain the county constabulary.
▪ II. constabulary, a.|kənˈstæbjʊlərɪ|
[ad. med.L. constabulārius, f. constabulus: see prec.]
1. Of or pertaining to petty constables or to police officers; belonging to the official organization for the preservation of public peace and order, especially that established in the counties of England, Ireland, and Scotland in the course of the 19th c.
1824Ann. Reg. 26 The constabulary bill has been found to be a very beneficial measure. 1825Ibid. 44* The establishment of the police and constabulary force. 1837Instruct. R. Comm. in Penny Cycl. XVIII. 336/1 To inquire into the best means of establishing an efficient constabulary force in the counties of England and Wales. 1857Toulm. Smith Parish 132 It has been stated that the County Constabulary Acts do not supersede, though they cannot but materially affect, the system of parish constables. 1889Spectator 26 Oct., A delegated constabulary duty he had from the Sheriff of the county.
2. Of the nature or function of constables.
1856Kane Arct. Expl. I. xxviii. 367 Nor did their constabulary guardians. a1864Hawthorne Eng. Note-bks. (1879) II. 163 A system of constabulary ethics. |