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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In English law
An inhabitant or freeman of a borough or town; a person duly and legally admitted a member of a municipal corporation.
Spelman; 3 Steph. Comm. 188, 189.
A magistrate of a borough.
Blount.
An elector or voter; a person legally qualified to vote at elections. The word in this sense is particularly defined by the statute 5 & 6 Wm. IV. c.
76, §§ 9, 13. 3 Steph. Comm. 192.
A representative of a borough or town, in parliament.
Co. Litt. 109a; 1 Bl. Comm. 174 In American law.
The chief executive officer of a borough, bearing the same relation to its government and affairs that the mayor does to those of a city. So used in Pennsylvania.