common council
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of common council
First recorded in 1680–90
Example Sentences
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The common council will vote to codify the moratorium on Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Hannah Shvets, who serves on the common council in Ithaca, the home of Cornell, said she would like to see the university transfer all violent crime reporting to Ithaca’s police department.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The common council set speed limits south of Grand and Vesey Streets: no faster than “a slow trot or pace, not exceeding at any time the rate of five miles per hour.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2010
Utica's nine-member common council has vowed not to let Hanna make the same move with other city ser vices.
From Time Magazine Archive
Prom that moment the common council ceased, the rule of atamans and the preponderance of the Brotherhood were at an end.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
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