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Definition :

Select vestry. A vestr consisting of not less than twelve nor more than 120 house-holders, elected in parishes adopting the Vestries Act, 1831 (1 & 2 Wm. 4, c. 60) (Hobhouse's Act), repealed, except s. 39, as to charity estates, so far as it relates to parish meetings in rural parishes, by the Local Govern-ment Act, 1894.