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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Boroughholder :: Boroughholder (n.) A headborough; a borsholder.
Tithingman :: Tithingman (n.) The chief man of a tithing; a headborough; one elected to preside over the tithing.
Boroughmongery :: Boroughmongery (n.) The practices of a boroughmonger.
Burgher :: Burgher (n.) A freeman of a burgh or borough, entitled to enjoy the privileges of the place; any inhabitant of a borough..
Fifteenth :: Fifteenth (n.) A species of tax upon personal property formerly laid on towns, boroughs, etc., in England, being one fifteenth part of what the personal property in each town, etc., had been valued at..
Herborough :: Herborough (n.) A harbor.
Bury :: Bury (n.) A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's.
Borough :: Borough (n.) An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other.
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..
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..
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..
Recorder :: Recorder (n.) The title of the chief judical officer of some cities and boroughs; also, of the chief justice of an East Indian settlement. The Recorder of London is judge of the Lord Mayor's Court, and one of the commissioners of the Central Criminal Court..
Burrow :: Burrow (n.) An incorporated town. See 1st Borough.
Burgh :: Burgh (n.) A borough or incorporated town, especially, one in Scotland. See Borough..
Police :: Police (n.) A judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or borough..
Harborough :: Harborough () Alt. of Harbroug.
Burghmote :: Burghmote (n.) A court or meeting of a burgh or borough; a borough court held three times yearly.
Borsholder :: Borsholder (a.) The head or chief of a tithing, or borough (see 2d Borough); the headborough; a parish constable..
Borough :: 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..
Boroughmaster :: Boroughmaster (n.) The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough..
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