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borough: see city government city government, political administration of urban areas.
The English tradition of incorporating urban units (cities, boroughs, villages, towns) and allowing them freedom in most local matters is general in the United States (see city ; local government ). ..... Click the link for more information. ; county county [Fr., comté,=domain of a count], division of local government in the United States, Great Britain, and many Commonwealth countries. The county developed in England from the shire, a unit of local government that originated in the Saxon ..... Click the link for more information. . borough 1. a town, esp (in Britain) one that forms the constituency of an MP or that was originally incorporated by royal charter 2. any of the 32 constituent divisions that together with the City of London make up Greater London 3. any of the five constituent divisions of New York City 4. (in the US) a self-governing incorporated municipality 5. (in medieval England) a fortified town or village or a fort 6. (in New Zealand) a small municipality with a governing body 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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EVERYBODY knows, in a general way, that the finest place in the world is -- or, alas, was -- the Dutch borough of Vondervotteimittiss. Barnabas Shuttleworthy -- one of the wealthiest and most respectable citizens of the borough -- had been missing for several days under circumstances which gave rise to suspicion of foul play. Besides a variety of powerful causes not existing here, and which favor in that country the pretensions of rank and wealth, no person is eligible as a representative of a county, unless he possess real estate of the clear value of six hundred pounds sterling per year; nor of a city or borough, unless he possess a like estate of half that annual value. |
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