Borough \Bor"ough\, n. [OE. burgh, burw, boru, port, town,
burrow, AS. burh, burg; akin to Icel., Sw., & Dan. borg, OS.
& D. burg, OHG. puruc, purc, MHG. burc, G. burg, Goth.
ba['u]rgs; and from the root of AS. beorgan to hide, save,
defend, G. bergen; or perh. from that of AS. beorg hill,
mountain. [root]95. See Bury, v. t., and cf. Burrow,
Burg, Bury, n., Burgess, Iceberg, Borrow, Harbor,
Hauberk.]
1. 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. --Burrill. --Erskine.
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2. The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a
borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax.
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Close borough, or Pocket borough, a borough having the
right of sending a member to Parliament, whose nomination
is in the hands of a single person.
Rotten borough, a name given to any borough which, at the
time of the passage of the Reform Bill of 1832, contained
but few voters, yet retained the privilege of sending a
member to Parliament.
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