单词 | commissioners' court |
释义 | > as lemmascommissioners' court commissioners' court n. (also commissioner's court, commissioners court) an administrative or judicial assembly presided over by a commissioner or commissioners; spec. (a) U.S. a body of elected officials administering local government at the county level (cf. Court of county commissioners n. at county commissioner n. 1b); (b) South African a court appointed to deal with civil, criminal, and administrative matters affecting black people (now historical). ΚΠ 1803 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 160/1 [His] honesty..and correct behaviour..under the commissioner's court, made him esteemed by his friends and superiors. 1820 Illinois Gaz. 1 July State of Illinois, White County Commissioner's Court, June term, 1820. 1894 Annotated Civil Statutes State of Texas 831 It shall be the duty of the commissioners' courts to classify all public roads. 1927 Statutes Union S. Afr. 322 A native commissioner's court shall have no jurisdiction in matters which [etc.].] 1944 Indian Jrnl. Polit. Sci. 5 307 He..was..appointed a Naib-Munshi at the Commissioner's court at Agra. 1961 Afr. Digest 9 59/1 The Assistant Bantu Commissioner..had him arrested... He appeared in the Commissioner's Court and was charged with a political offence. 2002 K. Henrard Minority Protection in Post-Apartheid S. Afr. ii. 54 The commissioners' courts became increasingly an agency of the apartheid regime. 2014 Lockhart (Texas) Post-Register 28 Aug. 1 a/3 That workshop will take place after the special-called meeting of the Commissioners' Court on Sept. 4. < as lemmas |
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