Borough

borow, burrough, burgh.

In American law

An incorporated town or village.

In English law

A town; a walled or fortified town; a town that sends a burgess or burgesses to parliament. Borough court: a private court of limited jurisdiction, held in a particular district for the prosecution of petty suits. Borough, borow, or burgh English: a custom of burgage tenure in certain old English boroughs and copyhold manors, by which land descended to the youngest son instead of the eldest, or if the owner had no issue, to his youngest brother. Borough-head, borow-head: the chief or headman of a borough. Borough-holder, borow-holder: v. Borhealder; Borsholder. In Scots law. A corporate body created by charter and consisting of the inhabitants of the territory over which the charter extends.