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Ealderman, or Ealdorman

Ealderman, or Ealdorman. See ALDERMAN.

Jurat

where affirmation is made, see Oaths Act, 1888, s. 4. Also an officer in the nature of an alderman sworn for the government of many corporations. The twelve assistants of the bailiff in Jersey are called jurats.

London

Act, contains only 671 acres and is divided into twenty-six wards, over each of which there is an alderman, and is governed by a lord mayor, who is chosen yearly. As to the customs of the city,

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Praepositus

Praepositus, an officer next in authority to the alderman of a hundred, called pr'positus regius; or a steward or bailiff of an estate, answering to the wicnere,

War Office

local government elections [(English) Local Government Act, 1933, ss. 24 to 30]. In boroughs divided by wards, an alderman or, in some cases, a councillor, not the mayor, is returning officer (s. 28). As to district councils,

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