royal commission

noun

A major ad-hoc formal public inquiry into a particular issue, in some monarchies.

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Meanings

nounroyal commission (plural royal commissions)

plural royal commissions

  1. A major ad-hoc formal public inquiry into a particular issue, in some monarchies.

    It was a pity that sailors weren’t called as witnesses before the Royal Commission on sly-grog liquor.

    1960, J. E. Macdonnell, Don't Gimme the Ships, Melbourne: Horwitz Publications, page 30
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