| 单词 | parish constable |
| 释义 | > as lemmasparish constable parish constable n. ΚΠ 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 85v Neither can the parish Constables well brooke the same, because it submitteth them to a subalterne commaund. 1751 J. G. Appeal to Facts 49 Directions for that Constable to deliver them to the next Parish Constable. 1872 Act 35 & 36 Vict. c. 92 The establishment of an efficient police in the counties of England and Wales has rendered the general appointment of parish constables unnecessary. 1993 Guardian 23 Nov. i. 4/7 Twenty new pilot schemes for ‘parish wardens’ or parish constables, some with powers of arrest, will be in place by the end of the year. < as lemmas |
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