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Meaning of transmiss | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/tɹænzˈmɪs/

Definitions

A (version of a) bill or other document sent or transmitted to a council, court, or other body; a transmission.

formal

Examples

“... was presented to the House and read the first Time, and ordered to be read a second Time to-morrow Morning. Ordered, that a Committee be appointed to compare the Transmisses of the said Bills, with the Heads of the said Bills sent ...”
“Prerogative, when any party shall require a transmiss to be made out for the Court of Appeal, ...”
“Transmisses were the Bills sent by the King in Council to the Council Board in Ireland, as having the King's sanction to be debated and passed by the Parliament in Ireland.”
“They are in court-hand, like transmisses; but they have no writs & the membranes are connected, not at bottom, like transmisses, but at the side. We refer to them by the letter D.”
“This document, known as a transmiss, was sent to the Irish council, and further transmisses, containing additional legislation, might be sent during the lifetime of the parliament. The transmisses were usually enrolled on the patent rolls of the ...”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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