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Definition of borough

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Borough (n.) In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by the sovereign, with a certain jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or village, as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut..

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Burgage :: Burgage (n.) A tenure by which houses or lands are held of the king or other lord of a borough or city; at a certain yearly rent, or by services relating to trade or handicraft..

Boroughholder :: Boroughholder (n.) A headborough; a borsholder.

Burgess :: Burgess (n.) A magistrate of a borough.

Harborough :: Harborough () Alt. of Harbroug.

Bury :: Bury (n.) A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's.

Mayor :: Mayor (n.) The chief magistrate of a city or borough; the chief officer of a municipal corporation. In some American cities there is a city court of which the major is chief judge.

Burgess :: Burgess (n.) An inhabitant of a borough or walled town, or one who possesses a tenement therein; a citizen or freeman of a borough..

Headborough :: Headborough (n.) Alt. of Headborro.

Burgh :: Burgh (n.) A borough or incorporated town, especially, one in Scotland. See Borough..

Commons :: Commons (n. pl.) The House of Commons, or lower house of the British Parliament, consisting of representatives elected by the qualified voters of counties, boroughs, and universities..

Boroughhead :: Boroughhead (n.) See Headborough.

Borough :: Borough (n.) The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax..

Boroughmongering :: Boroughmongering (n.) Alt. of Boroughmonger.

Burg :: Burg (n.) A borough.

Third-borough :: Third-borough (n.) An under constable.

Burghmote :: Burghmote (n.) A court or meeting of a burgh or borough; a borough court held three times yearly.

Boroughmonger :: Boroughmonger (n.) One who buys or sells the parliamentary seats of boroughs.

Borough-english :: Borough-English (n.) A custom, as in some ancient boroughs, by which lands and tenements descend to the youngest son, instead of the eldest; or, if the owner have no issue, to the youngest brother..

Burrow :: Burrow (n.) An incorporated town. See 1st Borough.

Boroughmaster :: Boroughmaster (n.) The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough..