district council

noun

, British.

First recorded in 1890–95

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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