borough
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1. borough - Noun
2. Borough - Proper noun
Meaning
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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A Caerphilly County Borough Council spokesman said: “There are many factors that need to be carefully thought through before these facilities can safely operate and this will take time.
A bike path project that eliminated parking along Terrebonne Street in Montreal's west end will be gone by Sept. 18, after the Côte-Des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-De-Grâce borough council voted five to one to remove it at a meeting Tuesday night.
According to a report to be considered by a scrutiny board on Wednesday, the current supply of social and affordable housing in the borough “cannot keep pace with the level of housing need”.
A body wrapped in plastic is prepared to be loaded onto a refrigerated container truck used as a temporary morgue by medical workers due to COVID-19 concerns, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at Brooklyn Hospital Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York.
According to Montreal police (SPVM), a customer at the Tim Hortons on Papineau Ave. in the Villeray borough of Montreal refused to wear a mask or leave when staff asked him to.
According to Haines Borough Clerk Alekka Fullerton, the difference between voting early versus on election day is how and when the ballot is counted.