DCHP-3

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n. — Hist.

in colonial Canada, an electoral district; riding; constituency.

Quotations

1790
[Act of Parliament] [The Governor or Lieutenant-Governor of each of the provinces is authorized] to issue a Proclamation dividing such Province into Districts, or Counties, or Circles, and Towns or Townships, and appointing the Limits thereof, and declaring and appointing the Number of Representatives to be chosen by each of such Districts, or Counties or Circles, and Towns or Townships, respectively. . . .
1805
Mr. Weeks avails himself of this public manner of soliciting the support of the FREE and INDEPENDENT Electors . . . to represent the inhabitants of this Circle in Parliament.
1828
Nothing [is] herein contained to prevent the courts of the King's bench from proceeding to the trial before juries of the circles.
1902
These districts were sub-divided into counties, or "circles," though the latter title appears to have been used only in some official documents
2n. — North, Informal

the Arctic Circle.

Quotations

1920
We saw no stars from early June until leaving the "circle" again August 7th.