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Definition of Volksraad

Volksraad
Volksraad Volks"raad`, n. [D.] A legislative assembly or parliament of any one of several countries colonized by the Dutch, esp. that of the South African Republic, or the Transvaal, and that of the Orange Free State.

Meaning of Volksraad from wikipedia

- Volksraad was a people's ****embly or legislature in Dutch or Afrikaans speaking government. Volksraad (South African Republic) (1840–1902) Volksraad (Natalia...
- The Volksraad of the South African Republic (English: "People's Council" of the South African Republic, Afrikaans: Volksraad van die Zuid-Afrikaansche...
- The Volksraad (People's Council) was an advisory, and later semi-legislative institution for the Dutch East Indies, provided for by law in 1916 but only...
- the Volksraad adopted a resolution briefly adopting the name of the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek (South African Republic). The same year, the Volksraad renamed...
- The Volksraad of the Orange Free State (Afrikaans: Volksraad van die Oranje-Vrystaat) was the unicameral parliament of the Orange Free State. It was the...
- named by the Boers in commemoration of their victory) was founded, a Volksraad elected, and Piet Retief, one of the ablest of the Voortrekkers, chosen...
- was raised in Potchefstroom on 6 January 1857, and was ratified by the Volksraad of the South African Republic (legislature) on 18 February 1858. The Vierkleur...
- Dutch East Indies, and in December 1916 a bill was p****ed to establish a Volksraad (People's Council). It met for the first time in 1918. Ten of its nineteen...
- They made it their capital and the seat of their Volksraad. Legislative power was vested in the volksraad (consisting of 24 members), while the president...
- ethical policy a people's council called the Volksraad for the Dutch East Indies was installed in 1918. The Volksraad, an infant form of democratic council,...