Noun:

போலிஸ் காரன், போலிஸ் காரி,

constable's Usage Examples:

They are the standing army, and the militia, jailers, constables, posse comitatus, etc.

officers being two justices of peace and two constables.

, of which the lord high constable and earl marshal of England were joint judges.

As constable of Dundee he secured the commutation of the death penalty on minor offenders under his jurisdiction, and his expressed maxim was " in the greatest crimes it is thought wisest to pardon the multitude and punish the ringleaders.

In January 13 54 the constable was assassinated by order of Charles, and preparations for war were begun.

This code was based largely on the laws of New England, and, although a source of popular discontent, it gave to the freeholders of each town a voice in the government of their town by permitting them to elect a board of eight overseers which chose a constable and sat as a court for the trial of small causes.

, under the constable de Bourbon, were reviving the saturnalia of Alaric in the sack of Rome (1527).

Richemont caused the assassination of Charles's favourites Pierre de Giac and Le Camus de Beaulieu, and imposed one of his own choosing, Georges de la Tremoille, an adventurer who rapidly usurped the constable's power.

The claims were made by petition, and included amongst others: the claim of Thomas of Woodstock to act as constable, the rival claims of John Dymock and Baldwin de Frevile to act as champion, and the claim of the barons of the Cinque Ports to carry a canopy over the king.

1320-1380), constable of France, the most famous French warrior of his age, was born of an ancient but undistinguished family at the castle of La MotteBroons (Dinan).

probationer constables were monitored during October 2004.

Synonyms:

lawman, law officer, peace officer,

Antonyms:

civilian,