单词 | ticket of leave |
释义 | ticket of leaven. A ticket or document giving leave or permission; an order, a permit (rare). In specific use, a licence to be at large after the expiration of part of the sentence, formerly granted to convicts in the Australian colonies; after 1840, the usual colloquial name for an ‘order of licence’ giving a convict his liberty under certain restrictions before his sentence has expired, the proportion remitted being dependent on his conduct and industry. Now Historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > document which permits or authorizes placard1482 warranta1513 placket1571 placate1572 licence1598 permission1607 purwanah1619 permit1649 furlougha1658 legitimation1660 chitty1698 chop1699 cedula1724 ticket of leave1732 chit1757 stiff1892 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > released > conditionally > license or permit of conditional release ticket of leave1732 ticket1843 society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > [noun] > selection of candidates > recommendation by party leader coupon1918 ticket of leave1918 1732 Acc. Workhouses 17 That no person presume to go out of the street door without a Ticket of Leave, to return in good order. 1801 Hist. Rec. New S. Wales (1896) IV. 300 All prisoners whose terms of transportation is [sic] not expired and are off the stores, or those with settlers, are to attend at the Secretary's office at Sydney..to receive their tickets of leave. 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxxii. 302 Whether in depriving an individual of a ticket of leave, or sentencing him to a penal gang, the periods should be always limited. 1843 Act 6 & 7 Vict. c. 7 (title) An Act to amend the Law affecting transported Convicts with respect to Pardons and Tickets of Leave. 1843 Act 6 & 7 Vict. c. 7 Permission to such Felons..to employ themselves for their own Benefit (which Permissions are usually called and known by the Name of Tickets of Leave). 1876 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) XXV. 769 Those [slaves] who went visiting, came for a ‘ticket of leave’..stating in a line or two the name of the person, and where he was going. 1895 Times 16 Jan. 14/5 A long list of former convictions, beginning in 1852, was proved against the prisoner... He was now on ‘ticket-of-leave’. 1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings v. 111 On the last occasion when I was let loose from the front on ticket-of-leave, I added twenty-four hours to my Blighty period. 1918 Methodist Times 5 Dec. 7/2 Men whose tongues are tied by a pledge before they get their ‘ticket-of-leave’, or ‘coupon’, as it is contemptuously called, are being chosen for this English Reichstag by a secret cabal sitting in darkness. ‘Half-coupon men’ is the name bestowed on those who have not got the blessing, but are piteously bleating for it. Compounds attributive and in other combinations (hyphenated), as ticket-of-leave holder, ticket-of-leave man, ticket-of-leave woman. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > released > conditionally ticket-of-leave man1807 ticket-of-leave holder1837 ticket-of-leaver1852 ticket-of-leave woman1871 1807 Hist. Rec. New S. Wales (1898) VI. 292 A considerable injury to the colony had crept in: that of ticket-of leave [hyphenation sic] men—men that were taken off the stores, and permitted to work for themselves. 1837 J. D. Lang Hist. Acct. New S. Wales I. 411 The overseer, on well-regulated farms, is generally a ticket-of-leave man or emancipated convict. 1837 J. D. Lang Hist. Acct. New S. Wales II. 19 A ticket-of-leave holder..is confined to a particular district, and is liable to lose his ticket for various petty misdemeanours. 1862 London Rev. & Weekly Jrnl. 30 Aug. 178 A great proportion of these crimes were committed by ‘Ticket-of-leave Men’. 1871 Daily News 25 July In one of the..most fashionable districts of London many hundreds of domestic servants are ticket-of-leave women. Derivatives ˌticket-of-ˈleaver n. a ticket-of-leave man. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > released > conditionally ticket-of-leave man1807 ticket-of-leave holder1837 ticket-of-leaver1852 ticket-of-leave woman1871 1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes I. vii. 228 The overseer, the stockman..may be hireling convicts—emancipist, expiree, or ticket-of-leavers. 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma xlv The oft-disappointed ticket-of-leaver was again installed in a butler's pantry. ˌticket-of-ˈleavism n. the system or operation of tickets of leave.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1857 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 24 41 The atmosphere itself was redolent of ticket-of-leaveism. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1732 |
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