单词 | staff of government |
释义 | > as lemmasStaff of Government b. Staff of Government. extracted from staffn.1Π 1661 W. Cole Noah's Dove with her Olive-branch 5 Who shall repair the broken staff of Government? The Text answers him in a voice from God, I will restore thy Iudges, as at the first. 1661 J. Caryl Expos. 32nd–34th Chapters Job (xxxiv. 29) 746 He..will take away good Magistrates, who are as a staff and a stay, as a shield and a shelter to a Nation; he will break the stay and staff of Government, as he threatned (Isa. 3.1, 2.) 1696 Direct Road to Peace & Happiness in Church & State 19 Doth not this Popular way of Electing and makeing Clergy-men and Officers, put the Staff of Government out of the King's hand? 1741 J. Seacome Memoirs 91/1 He wou'd be Content to hold the Staff of Government untill I made choice of another. 1869 W. Harrison Mona Misc. 24 The lieutenant-governor [sc. of the Isle of Man], in his civil capacity, is ‘the staff of government’, and as such presides in all the legislative courts. (b) The court of appeal of the Isle of Man. Originally consisting of the officers of the Lord of Mann (after 1765, the reigning British monarch), esp. the Lieutenant Governor, before becoming a division of the new High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man in 1883. The Lieutenant Governor continued to sit on the court until 1921.In quot. a1700 abbreviated as the Staff. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > high court > in Isle of Man Staff (of Government)a1700 a1700 34th Customary Law in J. Keble Life T. Wilson: Pt. II (1863) xvi. 511 No appeal shall be made from Church censures to the Staff, and none to be privileged from them.] 1702 W. Sacheverell Acct. Isle of Man 86 If any Person is aggriev'd by the Sentence of the Spiritual Court, he may Appeal to the Staff of Government, or the Lord. 1875 Isle of Man Times 3 July 3/7 This is an appeal against a judgment of the Court of the Staff of Government of the Isle of Man. 1947 Jrnl. Compar. Legislation & Internat. Law 29 25 A body of Income Tax Commissioners who shall sit when required to settle assessments, and from whom there shall be a right of appeal to the Staff of Government Division. 2010 Business Wire (Nexis) 29 Apr. On November 28, 2008, the Staff of Government reversed the High Court and ruled that the case should proceed in the Isle of Man. < as lemmas |
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