| 单词 | county meeting |
| 释义 | > as lemmascounty meeting county meeting n. now chiefly historical a meeting of residents of a county, called by the High Sheriff, and held to be representative of the whole county. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of deliberative or legislative assembly > [noun] > meeting of a town, parish, ward, or county wardmote1377 town meeting1636 parrock1660 parish meeting1665 county meeting1679 1679 T. Hobbes Behemoth (unauthorized ed.) 160 Every County meeting in their County Court..should have chosen certain men to carry their several sums respectively to the Parliament. 1797 J. Pearson (title) The Rights of Inhabitants at large to attend County Meetings asserted. 1817 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 15 Feb. 208 Saying that the meeting was not a County Meeting, because it was not called by the Sheriff! 1990 Daily Tel. 30 Mar. 13/4 The right to hold a ‘county meeting’, which has not been exercised for more than a century, will be invoked by the Green party to challenge the poll tax. < as lemmas |
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