Town
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
A collection of houses in one neighborhood, — a generic term, comprehending cities, boroughs and common towns; in modern law, usually a collection of houses larger than a village; in New England, and in some other states of the Union, a subdivision of a county. In English lato. Town-reeve: the reeve or chief officer of a town.