- In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also,
a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate,
consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by the
sovereign, with a certain jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated
town or village, as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut. - The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a
borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax. - An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the
king for the good behavior of each other. - The pledge or surety thus given.
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