单词 | county commission |
释义 | county commissionn. A group of individuals serving on the commission of a county; spec. (U.S.) a body of elected officials administering local government at the county level.Cf. Board (also Court) of county commissioners n. at county commissioner n. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of body or spec. bodies > [noun] > commission > other types of commission conservacy1434 conservice1571 conservation1580 conservancy1618 Royal Commission1747 county commission1763 railroad commission1855 Audit Commission1866 European Commission1956 Countryside Commission1964 Truth and Reconciliation Commission1990 Truth Commission1991 1763 London Chron. 16 Apr. 366/1 There were present the Earl of Northumberland..and near one hundred of the most respectable of the county commission. 1838 Weekly Chron. 22 July 4/4 The county commissions have hitherto been regarded by the lords lieutenant..as a sort of preserves, upon which neither the crown nor the lord chancellor could poach without a direct violation of their own privileges. 1871 Bradford Observer 19 Apr. 4/3 He believed there were several cases in which brewers had been appointed to the county commission. 1935 Salt Lake Tribune 28 May 24/8 Several county commissions have taken it upon themselves to fix a lower rate of interest than the legislative established on payments of delinquent taxes. 1977 L. Sloan & R. M. French in C. V. Willie Black/Brown/White Relations xii. 202 The elected five-member county commission was really an administrative arm of the state government. 2004 C. G. Fleming In Shadow of Selma vii. 270 The county commission certified a final vote tally that spelled defeat for an ad valorem tax that would have would have benefited the schools. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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