Connétable Elections In Jersey
Connétable or Connetable may refer to: * Connetable (Gatchina), an obelisk and square in Gatchina, Russia * Connétable (Jersey and Guernsey), elected heads of the Parishes in Jersey and Guernsey islands * Constable () * Grand Constable of France The Constable of France (, from Latin for 'count of the stables') was lieutenant to the King of France, the first of the original five Great Officers of the Crown (along with seneschal, chamberlain, butler, and chancellor) and the commander-in- ...

Connetable (Gatchina)
Connetable () is an obelisk and square in Gatchina, Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ..., located at the intersection of 25 October Prospect (main city's street) and Krasnoarmeysky Prospect. The author of the project was probably Vincenzo Brenna. {{Commonscat, Connetable (Gatchina) Monumental columns in Russia Buildings and structures in Gatchina Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Leningrad Oblast ...
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Connétable (Jersey And Guernsey)
Connétables or constables (Jèrriais: ) are the civic heads of the twelve parishes of Jersey and ten parishes of Guernsey. The is grounded in Norman customary law. The structure, powers and responsibilities of the role differ between the islands, reflecting their different political histories. Jersey Each of the 12 parishes elects a Connétable. In the parish, the Connétable presides over the Parish Assembly (''l'assemblée paroissiale''), which sets the rates (land tax), elects various officers, votes on applications for liquor licenses, names roads, and authorises contracts to be entered into by the parish. The Connétable is also head of the parish's honorary police force. Each Connétable is, by reason of that office, a member of the States Assembly. In Jersey, each parish elects a at general elections to run the parish and also represent the parish in the legislature, the States Assembly. At parish-level, the constable presides over the Roads Committee, the Co ...
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Constable
A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in law enforcement. The office of constable can vary significantly in different jurisdictions. ''Constable'' is commonly the rank of an officer within a police service. Other people may be granted powers of a constable without holding this title. Etymology Etymologically, the word ''constable'' is a loan from Old French ''conestable'' (Modern French ''connétable''),p. 93b-283a, T. F. Hoad, ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology'' (Oxford University Press, 1993) itself from Late Latin ''comes stabuli'' ( attendant to the stables, literally 'count of the stable'), and originated from the Roman Empire; originally, the constable was the officer responsible for keeping the horses of a lord or monarch.p103, Bruce, Alistair, ''Keepers of the Kingdom'' (Cassell, 2002),
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