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Borough Fund

Borough Fund, the revenues of a municipal borough derived from the

Borough Funds Acts. The (English) Borough Funds Act, 1872 (35 &

Borough, originally a walled town or other fortified place. In the

Borough Courts, private and limited tribunals, held by prescription, charter, or

Borough English, a custom abolished by Adminis-tration of Estates Act, 1925,

Borough-heads, borough-holders, bors-holders, or burs-holders.

Freedom of a borough, the right to enjoy the privileges of a freeman. Before

Municipal borough, 'Municipal borough' in s. 310-A(10) of the Panchayats Act would

Borough Council, the body representing the bur-gesses of a municipal corporation

Borough Sessions, courts established in boroughs under the (English) Municipal Corporations