| 单词 | crown colony |
| 释义 | > as lemmasCrown colony Crown colony n. now historical a colony with a governor appointed by the British monarch. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > aggregate of sovereign states under one rule > Commonwealth or former British Empire > dominion or colony of > types of palatinate1669 charter-colony1767 Crown colony1824 white dominion1881 1824 Morning Post 17 Mar. He wished to know then whether Government intended that the use of the whip upon females should be put down in all the Colonies. He knew it was in all the Crown Colonies. 1889 Whitaker's Almanack 433/1 Hong Kong..the colony is a Crown colony. 1944 C. A. Petioni in E. F. Frazier & E. Williams Econ. Future Caribbean iv. 37 Legislatures exist in the Crown Colonies, but the majority of their membership is nominated. 2006 P. Harris Income Tax in Common Law Jurisdict. ii. 169 The Crown finally settled claims to the Caribbee colonies by turning them into Crown colonies. < as lemmas |
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