10. 
    Borough
    • (n.) An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other. • (n.) The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax. • (n.) In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town t...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/borough/
    
    
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    borough
    in Great Britain, incorporated town with special privileges or a district entitled to elect a member of Parliament.[4 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/96
    
    
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    Borough
    [New Jersey] A borough (sometimes abbreviated Boro on road signs) in the context of New Jersey local government refers to one of five types and one of eleven forms of municipal government. Though it is now the most common form of government in New Jersey, by 1875 only 17 boroughs had been cr...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borough_(New_Jersey)
    
    
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    Borough
    A borough is an administrative division in various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely. The word borough derives from common Germanic *burg, meaning fort: compare with bury (England), burgh (Sco...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borough
    
    
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    borough
    
    1. one of the administrative divisions of a large city
    2. an English town that forms the constituency of a member of Parliament
    
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    borough
    borough: see city government; county.
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0911058.html
    
    
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    Borough
    Obs. A 'free' city. (Burg, Burgus, Burh, Bourg)
    Found op http://www.lectlaw.com/def/b052.htm
    
    
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    borough
    Urban-based unit of local government in the UK and USA. It existed in the UK from the 8th century until 1974, when it continued as an honorary status granted by royal charter to a district council, entitling its leader to the title of mayor. In England in 2007 there were 32 London borough councils a...
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0018231.html
    
    
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    borough
    a town that had been granted certain rights of self government by the Crown. In London, Southwark was referred to as "the borough."
    Found op http://charlesdickenspage.com/glossary.html
    
    
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    BOROUGH
    a town with a number of special privileges giving it greater political autonomy than other towns; these varied depending on the terms of the borough's 'charter' but could include having its own *Justices of the Peace, *coroner and holding *Quarter Sessions, with jurisdiction over non-capital offenc...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21814
    
    
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    borough
    1) Administrative district 2) Administrative division 3) Brooklyn or queens, e.g. 4) Territorial division
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/borough/1
    
    

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