Definition of borough

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

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Burghmote :: Burghmote (n.) A court or meeting of a burgh or borough; a borough court held three times yearly.
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..
Tithingman :: Tithingman (n.) The chief man of a tithing; a headborough; one elected to preside over the tithing.
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..
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..
Borough :: Borough (n.) An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other.
Burg :: Burg (n.) A borough.
Herborough :: Herborough (n.) A harbor.
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..
Boroughmongery :: Boroughmongery (n.) The practices of a boroughmonger.
Burgh :: Burgh (n.) A borough or incorporated town, especially, one in Scotland. See Borough..
Burgess :: Burgess (n.) One who represents a borough in Parliament.
Borough :: Borough (n.) The pledge or surety thus given.
Boroughholder :: Boroughholder (n.) A headborough; a borsholder.
Headborough :: Headborough (n.) Alt. of Headborro.
Bury :: Bury (n.) A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's.
Boroughmongering :: Boroughmongering (n.) Alt. of Boroughmonger.
Borough :: Borough (n.) The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax..
Borsholder :: Borsholder (a.) The head or chief of a tithing, or borough (see 2d Borough); the headborough; a parish constable..
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..
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