Landrost

British  

/ ˈlændrɒst /

noun

1. a variant spelling of Landdrost

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Example Sentences

On some of the envelopes were stamped “On Her Majesty’s Service,” showing that these had been used by the newly appointed Landrost of Douglas in the absence of an official Free State superscription.

From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 by Creswicke, Louis

Previously to this, every district had been governed by a magistrate, or Landrost.

From The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland by Ward, Harriet

A Landrost found guilty hereof shall have a fine of Rds.

From Selected Official Documents of the South African Republic and Great Britain A Documentary Perspective Of The Causes Of The War In South Africa by Hicks, Frederick C. (Frederick Charles)

Article 135.—The clerk or the Landrost shall keep a register of all cases which are brought by parties before the Court, and enter this register up daily.

From Selected Official Documents of the South African Republic and Great Britain A Documentary Perspective Of The Causes Of The War In South Africa by Hicks, Frederick C. (Frederick Charles)

Article 52.—The maintenance of order among the persons present, as mentioned in Article 42, must be entrusted to the Field-Cornet appointed to that purpose by the Landrost of the district where the session is held.

From Selected Official Documents of the South African Republic and Great Britain A Documentary Perspective Of The Causes Of The War In South Africa by Hicks, Frederick C. (Frederick Charles)