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township: see town town, in the United States. In the New England states the town is the basic unit of local government . The New England town government's unique feature is the town meeting, much praised as a nearly pure form of democracy. ..... Click the link for more information. . township 1. a small town 2. (in the Scottish Highlands and islands) a small crofting community 3. (in the US and Canada) a territorial area, esp a subdivision of a county: often organized as a unit of local government 4. (formerly, in South Africa) a planned urban settlement of Black Africans or Coloured people 5. English history a. any of the local districts of a large parish, each division containing a village or small town b. the particular manor or parish itself as a territorial division c. the inhabitants of a township collectively How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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To make the case for the courts' effectiveness, the study draws on over nine hundred cases from up to ten townships and two additional data sets. Although Clugston remains unhappy with how things turned out, she says it's the townships residents who may suffer. 4) This experiment is significant as an example of how innovation may proceed in other townships in China. |
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