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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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Municipality :: Municipality (n.) A municipal district; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village..

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

Borough :: Borough (n.) An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other.

Headborrow :: Headborrow (n.) The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman. See Borsholder..

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

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..

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

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..

Burgess :: Burgess (n.) One who represents a borough in Parliament.

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

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

Boroughhead :: Boroughhead (n.) See Headborough.

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

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..

Harborough :: Harborough () Alt. of Harbroug.

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

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

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..

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

Herborough :: Herborough (n.) A harbor.