Volksraad, noun
/ˈfɔlksrɑːt/, /ˈfɔlksrɑːd/
- Forms:
- Also Folksraad, Volk raad.
- Origin:
- AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, volk (Afrikaner) people + linking phoneme -s- + raad council, senate.
historical
1.
a. The legislative assembly of any of the former Boer republics. b. rare. The House of Assembly, see house sense 1 a. In both senses also called raad (sense 2).
1841 in G.W. Eybers Sel. Constit. Doc. (1918) 165In this Law or Regulation none the least alteration, addition or deduction shall be made..without the consent of at least two-thirds of the Volks Raad, or Legislative Council.
1990 D. Boshoff in S. Afr. Panorama Jan.–Feb. 8On 6 May 1889 President Paul Kruger laid the cornerstone of the Raadsaal. One year later the Volksraad met for the first time in the incomplete building. It was decided to provide for a second Volksraad for the so-called ‘uitlanders’ (foreigners).
‖2. combinations
In Afrikaans combining form Volksraadsbesluit /-bəˌslœɪt/ [Afrikaans, besluit resolution], a decree of the Volksraad;
1977 S. Afr. Panorama Aug. 34The judges claimed the testing right..by declaring a Volksraadsbesluit null and void on the ground that it was legislation passed in a manner not authorised by the constitution.
1980 Cape Times 29 Mar. 8The numbers, including ex-Volksraadslede and top officials, who poured into the Protectorates seeking refuge from their own people.
The legislative assembly of any of the former Boer republics.
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