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Definition of High commission

1. Noun. An embassy of one British Commonwealth country to another.

Definition of High commission

1. Noun. The main embassy of a Commonwealth country. ¹

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Literary usage of High commission

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

1. A History of English Law by William Searle Holdsworth, John Burke (1903)
"It did not control the court of high commission, the abolition of which necessarily added to the number of cases heard before it1 The crown had an absolute ..."

2. Manual of Collections of Treaties: And of Collections Relating to Treaties by Denys Peter Myers (1922)
"INTERNATIONAL high commission. An appendix to the report of the United States section of the international high commission on the first general meeting of ..."

3. History of England from the Accession of James I to the Outbreak of the by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1905)
"Bernard was fined and imprisoned by the high commission. Of that Court Laud was the ruling spirit. ... The high commission set the interference at naught. ..."

4. The Lives of the Chief Justices of England by John Campbell Campbell, Joseph Arnould (1881)
"One of the engines chiefly relied upon for success was the Court of high commission. This had been established, at the accession of Queen Elizabeth,1 for ..."

5. The Table Talk of John Selden by John Selden, Richard Milward (1892)
"MEN cry out upon the high commission, as if only clergymen had to do in it; ... The Commissioners present in the high commission Court on eg Nov. ..."

6. The History of England from the Accession of James II. by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Samuel Austin Allibone (1875)
"Foremost among these courts in power and in infamy were the Star Chamber and the high commission, the former a political, the latter a religious inquisition ..."

7. English Constitutional History from the Teutonic Conquest to the Present Time by Thomas Pitt Taswell-Langmead (1905)
"In December 1583, the high commission Court was permanently established with such extensive and formidable powers as to render it a very near approach to ..."

8. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1845)
"Trial of high commission. The Bishop appearing, and being asked by the Chancellor why he had not obeyed the King's orders by suspending Dr. Sharp, ..."

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