单词 | commission of peace |
释义 | > as lemmascommission of (the) peace commission of (the) peace n. British Law (a) the authority invested in a Justice of the Peace by the Lord Chancellor; the condition of holding this authority (cf. sense 6a); (b) the Justices of the Peace in a particular jurisdiction considered as a body. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > commission > types of commission commission of oyer and terminer1414 Commission of Sewers1444 commission of the peace?1457 oyer and terminer1469 commission of rebellion1589 commission of lunacy1679 commission of bankruptcy1684 ?1457 T. Playter in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 174 I spake to my lord Chaunceler how my maister and ye and your frendes were put owte of the comyssyon of pees. 1592 R. Greene Thirde Pt. Conny-catching sig. Bv Knowne to be within commission of the peace. ?c1663 B. Whitelocke Diary (1990) 89 The Lord Keeper Coventry putt him into the Commissions of the peace for Bucks, & for Oxfordshire, his house standing in the confines of both Countyes. 1700 P. B. Help to Magistrates vii. 15 Six Justices in Commission of the Peace, with the Justices of Assize. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. xi. 179 As I am in the commission of the peace, I undertake to secure you. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. x. 135 I am still in the commission of the peace there, though I have ceased to be sheriff. 1886 P. A. Ashworth tr. R. Gneist Hist. Eng. Constit. II. xliii. 321 The commission of peace included, as its chief constituents, the great landed proprietors of the county. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 319/2 Each of the ridings of Yorkshire has its own lord lieutenant and commission of the peace. 1959 D. Knowles Relig. Orders Eng. III. ix. 122 The prior..was for many years on the commission of peace. 2003 J. Baker Oxf. Hist. Laws Eng. VI. xiv. 257 The commission of the peace included an oyer and terminer jurisdiction,..but it did not extend to treason. < as lemmas |
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