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  • BURGAGE-HOLDING
    A tenure by which lands in royal boroughs in Scotland were held of the sovereign. The service was watching and warding, and was done by the burgesses within the territory of the borough, whether expressed in the charter or not.
  • BURGAGE-TENURE
    In English law. One of the three species of free socage holdings; a tenure whereby houses and lands which were formerly the site of houses, in an ancient borough, are held of some lord by a certain rent. There are a great many customs affecting these tenures, the most remarkable More...
  • BURGATOR
    One who breaks into houses or inclosed places, as distinguished from one who committed robbery in the open country. Spelman.
  • BURGBOTE
    In old English law. A term applied to a contribution towards the repair of castles or walls of defense, or of a borough.
  • BURGENSES
    In old English law. Inhabitants of a burg us or borough; burgesses. Fleta, lib. 5, c. 6, f 10.
  • BURGERISTH
    A word used in Domesday, signifying a breach ol the peace in a town. Jacob.
  • BURGESS
    In English law. An inhabitant or freeman of a borough or town; a person duly and legally admitted a member of a municipal corporation. Spelman; 3 Steph. Comm. 188, 189. A magistrate of a borough. Blount. An elector or voter; a person legally qualified to vote at elections. The word More...
  • BURGESS ROLL
    A roll, required by the St $ A 6 Wm. IV. c. 76, to be kept in corporate towns or boroughs, of the names of burgesses entitled to certain new rights oconferred by that act
  • BURGH-BRECHE
    A fine imposed on the community of a town, for a breach of the peace, etc.
  • BURGH ENGLISH
    See BOROUGH ENGLISH.
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