City
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In England. An incorporated town or borough which is or has been the see of a bishop.
Co. Litt. 108; 1 Bl. Comm. 114; Cowell.
A large town incorporated with certain privileges. The inhabitants of a city. The citizens.
Worcester.
In America. A city is a municipal corporation of a larger class, the distinctive feature of whose organization is its government by a chief executive (usually called “mayor” and a legislative body, composed of representatives of the citizens, (usually called a. “council” or “bourd of alderimen,”) and other officers having special functions.