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Definition of Constables
1. constable [n] - See also: constable
Lexicographical Neighbors of Constables
Literary usage of Constables
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"constables are of two sorts, high constables, and petty constables. ... 17 The
petty constables are inferior officers in every town and parish, ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"6), ordaining every citizen to have armour according to his condition to keep
the peace, requires that in every hundred and franchise two constables be ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1840)
"to two guides (torn) to the constables at ... to two gUi(les to the constables
at Witham For the like from ..."
4. The Law Reports by James Redfoord Bulwer (1872)
"Is. 3d., being the amount of certain allowances to, and expenses incurred iu
respect of, special constables. In November, 1868, a number of special ..."
5. Theatrical Management in the West and South for Thirty Years by Solomon Smith (1868)
"Dodging the constables. My benefit came off, and a bumper it was ! The street in
front of the theatre was literally crowded with people long before the ..."
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