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BURGESS (law)


BURGESS. A magistrate of a borough; generally, the chief officer of the corporation, who performs, within the borough, the same kind of duties which corporation, who performs, within the borough, the same kind of duties which a mayor does in a city. In England, the word is sometimes applied to all the a mayor does in a city. In England, the word is sometimes applied to all the inhabitants of a borough, who are called burgesses sometimes it signifies inhabitants of a borough, who are called burgesses sometimes it signifies the representatives of a borough in parliament. the representatives of a borough in parliament.