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district council
noun
- the local ruling body of an urban or rural district.
Word History and Origins
Origin of district council1
Example Sentences
Collective decisions were made by district councils and citizen assemblies, archaeological evidence suggests.
Each district is controlled by a District Council composed of the governor, the secretary, and the treasurer.
In a few cases, those namely of county boroughs, the councils have the powers of county The district and the district council.
A rural district council may delegate their entire powers in any parish to a parochial committee.
Such a committee may be subject to any regulations and restrictions imposed upon it by the rural district council.
And it must be borne in mind that in a borough the borough council is the urban district council.
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