Corporation
See also: corporation
English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]the Corporation
- (UK politics) Ellipsis of City of London Corporation.
- 2011 October 31, George Monbiot, “The medieval, unaccountable Corporation of London is ripe for protest”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
- In one respect at least the Corporation acts as the superior body: it imposes on the House of Commons a figure called the remembrancer: an official lobbyist who sits behind the Speaker's chair and ensures that, whatever our elected representatives might think, the City's rights and privileges are protected.