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9 letters word
17 points in Scrabble
19 points in WWF

Definitions for VOLKSRAAD in dictionary:

NOUN:

(Afrikaans) a legislative assembly, esp. (with cap.) that of the Transvaal or Orange Free State
Boer assembly in South Africa in the 19th century

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The matter was debated by the Volksraad or Parliament, and several members declared that Great Britain must be shown that she no longer had any sovereign rights in the Transvaal.
During the many stormy scenes which preceded the actual declaration of war Louis Botha proved that he possessed the coolest and most level head in the Volksraad.
Directly under his authority were the Assistant Commandant-Generals, five of whom were appointed by the Volksraad a short time before the beginning of hostilities.
Their Volksraad was in Session, but its every action was paralyzed by the gloom of impending dissolution.
In the Volksraad Session of 1882 the first of the measures of exclusion was passed.
The concession for all railways in the State was granted on April 16, 1884, to a group of Hollander and German capitalists, and confirmed by the Volksraad on August 23 following.
But very nearly! The concession was obtained during the Session of 1890 by a member of the First Volksraad, Mr.
An investigation held by order of the Volksraad exposed the imposition.
The Volksraad being then in session, there may have been some diplomatic reasons for not pressing matters too hard.
The election took place in 1893, and at the same time elections of members for the First Volksraad were in progress.

He was thus enabled by the law above quoted to retain an old member in the Volksraad pending the decision in a case of dispute.
Some of the acts of the Volksraad cut at the foundation of all security.
Jameson started, several prominent officials and two or three members of the Volksraad visited Johannesburg from Pretoria and openly discussed the seriousness of the position.
The Government took no steps to defend their action in granting the right or to protest against the action of the Volksraad, and became, therefore, parties to an act of piracy.
But the report of the Volksraad Committee contained one supreme stroke of humour.
Inquiries instituted by order of the Volksraad revealed the fact that Volksraad members and Government officials were interested in these contracts.
When the inquiry was instituted in the Volksraad certain awkward facts came to light, and it devolved upon Mr.
Greyling, member of the Volksraad for Heidelberg, one cart.
The Volksraad however refused to confirm it, and the purchaser of the concession fell back upon the President for protection.
The Eloff location scandal was another which greatly disturbed even the Volksraad.
His hope was to get such support in the country that the Volksraad in its May session would have to spare the monopoly.
Last year you will remember a respectful petition, praying for the franchise, signed by 13,000 men, was received with contemptuous laughter and jeers in the Volksraad.
The result has been only too disappointing, as the record of the debates and the division list in the Volksraad prove.
The Volksraad has by resolution affirmed the principle, and has instructed the Government to bring up a Bill accordingly next session.
For three years the Assembly, or Volksraad, was not summoned.
President Kruger suggests the adjournment of the Volksraad.
Not a word of restraint or censure from any of the four Volksraad members.
The 1st Volksraad to be elected by burghers only, and to represent the highest legislative and administrative powers.
Shepstone was also sent to the Transvaal to annex that State, in case the consent of the Volksraad or that of the majority of the inhabitants could be obtained.
The articles of the Convention of 1881 were accepted by the Volksraad of the Transvaal State, and those of the Convention of 1884 by the Volksraad of the South African Republic.
Pretorius withdrew into the interior, and the Volksraad at Pietermaritzburg, the capital of the Republic of Natalia, voted the submission of the Boers.
The Volksraad was abolished, but the claims of the Boers to the lands upon which they had squatted were liberally considered.
By a Law passed in the Volksraad some few years ago, it became compulsory for farmers to allow only a limited number of native families to remain on the farms.
In the time of President Brand things were slightly different, although even his Volksraad held him in check and exercised its own influence.
The majority of the young men originally favoured the action of the Volksraad.

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