| 单词 | police burgh |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspolice burgh police burgh n. now historical a Scottish burgh in which elected magistrates and Commissioners of Police had powers and responsibilities corresponding to those of a local council. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [noun] > for police administration police district1821 police burgh1877 1877 Times 6 Apr. 7/1 By Sir. A. Gordon..praying that police burghs may be brought within the action of Clauses 10 and 41 of the Roads and Bridges Bill. 1963 North-east of Scotl. 204 An Act of that year [sc. 1850] enabled the inhabitants of a populous place to form the community into a burgh in which magistrates and police commissioners could then be elected to undertake the administration of the police and other functions previously made available to the councils of the existing burghs. The community was then termed a Police Burgh. 2003 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 18 June 18 He also produced two non-heraldic books on Scotland's police burghs. < as lemmas |
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