Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A legislative body having judicial powers in colonial New England.
- noun The state legislature of Massachusetts or New Hampshire.
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Examples
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Alrosa, unhappy at not being consulted, challenged the commission's approval at the CFI (now known as the General Court), which overturned the decision in 2007.
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Each year the town meetings sent a delegate to a central government called the General Court, popularly known as the assembly.
The Shoemaker and the Tea Party: Memory & the American Revolution 1999
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Governor Treat called the General Court to assemble on the evening of
The Tree That Saved Connecticut Henry Fisk Carlton
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The executive officer of the General Court was the Sheriff, or Provost-Marshal.
The Constitutional Beginnings of North Carolina (1663-1729) 1894
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The older tribunal was now known as the General Court, and became the appellate court of the colony, the prototype of the present Supreme Court of the State.
The Constitutional Beginnings of North Carolina (1663-1729) 1894
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The General Court was the despairing body at this time.
Anne Bradstreet and Her Time Campbell, Helen, 1839-1918 1890
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The General Court was the despairing body at this time.
Anne Bradstreet and Her Time Helen Campbell 1878
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[I need hardly say that this particular member of the General Court was a pitch-pine Yankee of the most thoroughly characterized aspect and flavor.] -- Yes, Sir, -- the Master continued, -- Sir being anybody that listened,
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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During eighteen years, from 1620 to 1638, the legislative body, called the General Court, or
The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 Egerton Ryerson 1842
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MyTravel, now a part of Thomas Cook , tried to seek access to a Commission report on the implications of the court ruling on EU merger processes, but was rebuffed by the regulator and the General Court, which is the second highest in the EU.
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