Coulisse

The stock brokers' curb market in Paris. COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, an assembly). The legislative body in the government of cities or boroughs. An advisory body selected to aid the executive. See Opinion of the Justices, 14 Mass. 470; Opinion of the Justices, 3 Pick. (Mass.) 517; In re Adams, 4 Pick. (Mass.) 25. A governor's council is still retained in some of the states; 70 Me. 570. It is analogous in many respects to the privy council (q. v.), of the king of Great Britain and of the governors of the British colonies, though of a much more limited range of duties. Common council is a term frequently ap- The British parliament is the common council of the whole realm.