Definition of Borough

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Borough

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.

The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax.

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

The pledge or surety thus given.

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Borough Translations

borough in German is Stadtgemeinde, Bezirk, Bezirk
borough in Spanish is distrito municipal

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