Boundary Commission

noun

(in Britain) a body established by statute to undertake periodic reviews of the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies and to recommend changes to take account of population shifts

It is not the route taken by the Afghan Boundary Commission in returning from the same field in 1885.

Mr. John R. Bartlett's boundary commission will soon be upon the field of its activity.

The site was disputed by Governor Kerlrec, of Louisiana, who proposed a joint boundary commission.

Gulran was one of the most fascinating camps of the Afghan Boundary Commission.

We are not to treat the expressions as if they were instructions to a boundary commission, and to be laid down upon a map.

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