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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A magistrate of a borough., Blount. An officer who discharges the same duties for a borough that a mayor does for a city. The word is used in this sense in Pennsylvania. An inhabitant of a town; a freeman; one legally admitted as a member of a corporation.
Spelman.
A qualified voter.
3 Steph. Comm. 192.
A representative in parliament of a town or borough.
1 Bl. Comm. 174.