| 单词 | borough council |
| 释义 | > as lemmasborough council borough council n. [council n. 10] a local council which conducts the affairs of a borough. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > local government body > [noun] > town or borough council corporation1463 Common Council1467 consulatea1513 state1516 town council1637 commonality1649 regency1704 communa1711 municipality1790 municipal corporation1833 commune1837 borough council1879 municipy1882 1879 Contemp. Rev. 34 695 One change is imperatively called for—the getting rid of the incubus of aldermen in the city and borough councils. 1900 G. B. Shaw Let. 31 Oct. (1972) II. 189 Candidates for appointments should be examined by some public educational body entirely independent of the Borough Council. 1918 Existing Law Boroughs Penn. xxvi. 220 The borough council may fill any vacancy in their body until the municipal election next following. a1974 R. Crossman Diaries (1977) III. 484 As a result of the [Maud] proposals, 124 county and borough councils and over 1,000 district councils would disappear. 1985 Whitaker's Almanack 620/1 The Greater London Council and the six metropolitan county councils are to be abolished and most of their functions made the responsibility of the existing borough and district councils. < as lemmas |
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