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Definition of Home secretary

1. Noun. The British cabinet minister who is head of the Home Office.

Definition of Home secretary

1. Noun. (British) The British cabinet minister, responsible for law and order, who is head of the Home Office ¹

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Literary usage of Home secretary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law and Custom of the Constitution by William Reynell Anson (1907)
"The home secretary may be said to be mainly responsible for the communication ... Between 1782 and 1794 the home secretary transacted all the business of a ..."

2. On Parliamentary Government in England: Its Origin, Development, and by Alpheus Todd (1887)
"Frequently the home secretary and the judge confer together upon the case. Besides which the secretary lias always the benefit of the ability and experience ..."

3. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1889)
"Mr. Hanbury (April 6) criticised the system of reviewing sentences of death by the home secretary, which he contended was unsatisfactory; upon which Mr. ..."

4. The Parliamentary Debatesby Great Britain Parliament by Great Britain Parliament (1902)
"... a special Order made by the home secretary with reference to the fruit preserving industry, he had contested the argument of the home secretary that, ..."

5. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"THE NOT-AT-ALL-AT-home secretary. Mr. General-Inspector Punch. "Now THEN, MATT, MOVE ON ! ... was said to be due to the interference of the home secretary. ..."

6. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1870)
"Memorial to llio home secretary as to Uniformity in Census of 1871. THE following memorial has been presented at the Home Office:— To the Right Honourable ..."

7. Fifty Years of the English Constitution, 1830-1880 by Sheldon Amos (1880)
"Much discussion has indeed taken place of late as to whether the post-judicial enquiry sometimes conducted by the home secretary had not better be of a more ..."

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