单词 | conservator of the peace |
释义 | > as lemmasconservator of the peace c. Any of various officials appointed to keep the peace in a region or community. Chiefly as conservator of the peace.In early use applied in a general sense to the monarch or some high official, as Lord Chancellor, Lord Treasurer, Lord High Constable, etc., and in a specific sense to the Wardens of the Peace appointed in 1327 (the precursors of the later Justices of the Peace: cf. Justice of the Peace n.; also Warden of the Peace at warden n.1 2c, Guardian of the Peace at guardian n. 1b). More recently applied to any local official charged with maintaining the law, as a sheriff, police officer, judge, etc. (now chiefly U.S.). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] > Justice of the peace or district magistrate Justice of the Peace1423 justice1509 conservator of the peacea1513 Warden of the Peace1543 Guardian of the Peace1581 mittimus1630 magistrate1727 J.P.1732 beak1799 county commissioner1809 bubble and squeak1935 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > [noun] > protector or defender > protector of public safety conservator of the peacea1513 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cxxiii A mercyfull kynge of peas conseruatour The thirde Edwarde. 1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha i. iii. 12 Wardeins, or Conseruators of the Peace. a1625 H. Finch Law (1636) 336 The conseruator of peace..is called..In a Tything, a petie Constable, Borsholder, Headborough, Thirdborough, Boroughhead, Tything-man, or Chiefe pledge. 1629 Vse of Law 13 in J. Doddridge Lawyers Light At this day, Conseruators of the Peace are out of vse; And in lieu of them, there are ordained Justices of Peace. a1716 O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. xxxvi. 364 Magistrates in their publick and politick Capacity..by the Ordinance of God, Conservators of the publice Peace. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. ix. 350 The king's majesty is..the principal conservator of the peace within all his dominions;..hence it is usually called the king's peace. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. vii. 107 Since our friend's advancement to be a conservator of the peace, he had caused the gate..to be newly hung and handsomely painted. 1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon (at cited word) The coroner is also a conservator of the peace within his own county, as is also the sheriff; so are the constables, tything-men, and the like. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. iii. ii. 592 The sovereign is..the principal conservator of the peace of the kingdom. 1906 J. A. Fairlie Local Govt. ii. vi. 109 As conservator of the peace in his county, the sheriff is the representative of the sovereign power of the state. 1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 13 Feb. c1 Because taxicab and bus drivers..are considered ‘conservators of the peace’, along with judges, they are permitted to carry concealed weapons. 1997 Oxf. Compan. Brit. Hist. at Quarter sessions The office of justice of the peace can be traced back to the ‘keepers of the peace’ in 1195 and ‘conservators of the peace’ during the reigns of Henry III and Edward I. < as lemmas |
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