City of London in United Kingdom

Definition of City of London

In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of City of London : That part of *Greater London which, for local government purposes, is administered by the City of London Corporation. In addition to special powers under ancient royal charters, the Corporation has all the functions of a London borough council, which it exercises principally through a Court of Common Council consisting of the Lord Mayor, aldermen elected for life, and common council men elected annually. Limited governmental functions are exercised through a separate Court of Aldermen, and formal functions through a Court of Common Hall.

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• City of London in the Encyclopedia of Britain
• City of London in the Osborn’s Concise Law Dictionary
• City of London in the Halsbury’s Laws of England
• City of London in the Stroud’s Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases
• City of London in the Jowitt’s Dictionary of English Law
• City of London in the New Oxford Companion to Law
• City of London in the Words and Phrases Legally Defined
• City of London in the Oxford Dictionary of Law