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Definition of Landdrost

Landdrost
Landdrost Land"drost`, n.; pl. -drosten . Sometimes incorrectly Landtrost Landtrost [D., fr. land land + drost a kind of official; akin to G. truchsess.] In Cape Colony: (a) A chief magistrate in rural districts. He was replaced in 1827 by ``resident magistrates.' (b) The president of the Heemraad.

Meaning of Landdrost from wikipedia

- Landdrost was the title of various officials with local jurisdiction in the Netherlands and a number of former territories in the Dutch Empire. The term...
- with the name Landdrost or Drossaart. Also, Elten and Tudderen, both annexed from Germany after World War II, were governed by a Landdrost until they were...
- founded in 1837, administered the northern part of the territory through a landdrost based at Winburg. This northern area was later in federation with the...
- slaves required p****es to travel away from their masters. In 1797, the Landdrost and Heemraden, local officials, of Swellendam and Graaff-Reinet extended...
- in Austrian and British service, and later a mining commissioner and landdrost (magistrate) in the South African Republic (Transvaal). He is most commonly...
- by the Openbaar Lichaam Zuidelijke IJsselmeerpolders (Z.IJ.P.), with a Landdrost. In 1984 Almere became an official muni****lity. Originally, Almere was...
- created from the eastern portion of the Potchefstroom district with its own landdrost (magistrate), having been laid out as a churchplace in 1865.: 237  Heidelberg...
- An ordinance was p****ed in 1827, abolishing the old Dutch courts of landdrost and heemraden (resident magistrates being substituted) and establishing...
- The village gained official recognition in 1868, and later gained a landdrost (magistrate) in November 1871.: 237  The name Coetzee's Rust was later...
- brick chapel was erected in 1925 by Joseph Maynard Mathew, at the time landdrost in Natal, to house a memorial plaque in memory of his son Llandaff, who...