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Gazette [fr. gaza, treasure; or gazetta, the name of a coin, about a farthing], the official newspaper of the Government, said to have been first published of Oxford in 1665; on the removal of the Court to London, the title was changed to the London Gazette. It is published on Tuesdays and Fridays, and contains all the acts of state, proclamations, and appointments to offices under the Crown; also all Orders in Council, and such other Orders, Rules, and Regulations as are directed by Act of Parliament to be published therein; also dissolu-tions of partnership, and notices of proceedings in bankruptcy. There is also an Edinburgh Gazette. It is presumed that another Gazette will be issued for N. Ireland, which will be of the same effect as the Dublin Gazette; with regard to S. ireland it does not seem certain what steps will be taken in this direction. By various Acts (especially the (English) Documentary Evidence Acts, 1868, 1882, and 1895) publication in the Gazette is made evidence of the matter so published

An official newspaper of British Government in which acts of State, Crown appointments, notices of bankruptcy, and other legal matters are reported, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 690.

Gazette, is any of various official publications, as of the government or a university, containing announcements and bulletins, Webster's American Dictionary, p. 792.

Gazette, is known as Gazette of India, or Official Gazette or a State, General Clauses Act, 1897, s. 3(39)