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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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..
Burghmote :: Burghmote (n.) A court or meeting of a burgh or borough; a borough court held three times yearly.
Bury :: Bury (n.) A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's.
Tithingman :: Tithingman (n.) The chief man of a tithing; a headborough; one elected to preside over the tithing.
Harborough :: Harborough () Alt. of Harbroug.
Burgess :: Burgess (n.) One who represents a borough in Parliament.
Borsholder :: Borsholder (a.) The head or chief of a tithing, or borough (see 2d Borough); the headborough; a parish constable..
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..
Boroughholder :: Boroughholder (n.) A headborough; a borsholder.
Herborough :: Herborough (n.) A harbor.
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..
Headborough :: Headborough (n.) Alt. of Headborro.
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..
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.
Boroughmonger :: Boroughmonger (n.) One who buys or sells the parliamentary seats of boroughs.
Burg :: Burg (n.) 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..
Third-borough :: Third-borough (n.) An under constable.
Burgess :: Burgess (n.) A magistrate of a borough.
Burgher :: Burgher (n.) A freeman of a burgh or borough, entitled to enjoy the privileges of the place; any inhabitant of a borough..
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