pocket borough oor Fins

pocket borough

naamwoord

A borough which could effectively be controlled by a single person who owned at least half of the "burgage tenements" (whose occupants had the right to vote in the borough's parliamentary elections), since he could populate these tenements with his own supporters.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Fins

pieni vaalipiiri

naamwoord

voorbeelde

Lowther effectively controlled the pocket borough of Appleby; a by-election in that constituency sent Pitt to the House of Commons in January 1781.
Lowtherilla oli omistustensa ansiosta takataskussaan vaalipiiri Applebyssa; tammikuun 1781 täytevaaleissa Pitt nousi alahuoneeseen.