英语词汇“crown agent”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

crown agent n. an agent for the Crown; spec. (usually with capital initials) (a) in Scotland, a law officer who takes charge of criminal proceedings, acting under the Lord Advocate; (b) (in plural) a body appointed by the British government to provide commercial and financial services, originally to British colonies (more fully Crown Agents for the Colonies), now to foreign governments or international bodies (more fully Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations).

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1753 Scots Mag. Aug. 421/1 A letter, dated Aug. 27. was sent by the crown-agent to the Deputy-Governor of the castle,..That he might remove the centinels from within the prisoner's room.

1773 T. Leland Hist. Ireland II. viii. 465 Infamous practices of discoveries and crown-agents.

1812 in Papers relating to Crown Estates in Colony of Berbice (House of Commons) (1816) 24 The negroes houses.., the workshops and their tools, of all of which the Crown Agents have had the occupancy and possession from the hour they took over the negroes.

1863 Times 21 Sept. 6/1 The office of the Crown Agents of the Colonies.

1904 Railway Age 1 July 20/1 The 40 colonies and protectorates.., who buy their stores through the crown agents in the London market.

1954 Afr. Affairs 53 186 The Crown Agents have changed their title to Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations.

1995 G. Janner in I. Cotler Nuremberg Forty Years Later 209 An independent inquiry into war crimes to be chaired by Sir Thomas Hetherington, a former director of public prosecutions, and William Chalmers, a former Crown agent in Scotland.

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释义	> as lemmas crown agent crown agent n. an agent for the Crown; spec. (usually with capital initials) (a) in Scotland, a law officer who takes charge of criminal proceedings, acting under the Lord Advocate; (b) (in plural) a body appointed by the British government to provide commercial and financial services, originally to British colonies (more fully Crown Agents for the Colonies), now to foreign governments or international bodies (more fully Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations). ΚΠ 1753 Scots Mag. Aug. 421/1 A letter, dated Aug. 27. was sent by the crown-agent to the Deputy-Governor of the castle,..That he might remove the centinels from within the prisoner's room. 1773 T. Leland Hist. Ireland II. viii. 465 Infamous practices of discoveries and crown-agents. 1812 in Papers relating to Crown Estates in Colony of Berbice (House of Commons) (1816) 24 The negroes houses.., the workshops and their tools, of all of which the Crown Agents have had the occupancy and possession from the hour they took over the negroes. 1863 Times 21 Sept. 6/1 The office of the Crown Agents of the Colonies. 1904 Railway Age 1 July 20/1 The 40 colonies and protectorates.., who buy their stores through the crown agents in the London market. 1954 Afr. Affairs 53 186 The Crown Agents have changed their title to Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations. 1995 G. Janner in I. Cotler Nuremberg Forty Years Later 209 An independent inquiry into war crimes to be chaired by Sir Thomas Hetherington, a former director of public prosecutions, and William Chalmers, a former Crown agent in Scotland. extracted from crownn. < as lemmas
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