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General Sir Richard Dannatt, dressed in the formal attire of the Constable of the Tower, speaking at the Ceremony of the Constable's Dues, June 2010. Historically, the title comes from the 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 ...
This slang for policemen, especially hawaladars, ("Havāladāra", meaning constable in Marathi) came to be from the 1975 Dada Kondke film Pandu Hawaldar. Panduri Serbo-Croatian, slang for a group of police officers. The meaning derived from the Latin word banderium, in which the word banderia also came from. They were military units created by ...
A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in law enforcement. Constable may also refer to: People. Constable (surname), including;
John Constable RA (/ ˈ k ʌ n s t ə b əl, ˈ k ɒ n-/; [1] 11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English landscape painter in the Romantic tradition. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for revolutionising the genre of landscape painting [2] with his pictures of Dedham Vale, the area surrounding his home – now known as "Constable Country" – which he invested with an intensity of ...
A constable can make $3 for killing and burying a sick horse, donkey or mule. Killing and burying cattle is only worth $2 per head to a constable. To dispatch a "mad dog" can make a constable ...
Chief constable, chief inspector (Ülemkonstaabel, üleminspektor) Senior constable, senior inspector (Vanemkonstaabel, vaneminspektor) Constable, inspector (Konstaabel, inspektor) Junior constable, junior inspector (Nooremkonstaabel, nooreminspektor)
In Arkansas, constable is an elected office at the township level, although constables are considered county officers. [11] The office of constable, which is a partisan office, is guaranteed by the 1874 Constitution of Arkansas, which provides for the election of a constable in each township for a two-year term. [12]
The Kentucky Constable Association is suing the Kentucky Legislature after state lawmakers passed a bill that the constables worry will diminish their powers.