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Staple
by law to be held in Westminster, Newcastle, Bristol, and other places. A Court was held before the mayor of the staple, which court was governed by the law merchant. It appears from Statute 14 Ric. 2,
Statute staple
Statute staple, a bond of record acknowledged before the mayor of the staple, in the presence of the constables of the staple, or one of them; the only
Vicis et venellis mundandis
Vicis et venellis mundandis, an ancient writ against the mayor or bailiff of a town, etc., for the clean sweeping of the streets and lanes, Reg. Brev. 267.
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Inferior Courts (UK)
Courts (UK). They are the Court baron, the hundred Court, the borough civil Court, the County Court, the Mayor's Court, London, and also all courts of a special jurisdiction; but the county Courts are by far the
Local Courts
and special jurisdiction, the several county courts throughout the country, the Court of Passage at Liverpool, and the Mayor's Court of London. See, further, BOROUGH COURTS; INFERIOR COURTS.
Casting vote
in favour of a motion or bill, so as to give opportunity for further consideration. So has the mayor or other chairman at a meeting of a town council (English) (Municipal Corporations Act, 1882 (45 & 46
Court-leet
the jury and homage, mabe good by custom. In some manors, the jury of the Court-leet chose the mayor, port-reeve, or other chief municipal officer of the borough or town to which the leet jurisdiction was appended;
Adjoining
Adjoining, conterminous with, see Mayor, etc., of New Plymouth v. Taranaki Eectric Power Board, 1933 AC 653, but the word sometimes means near
executive
a government compare judiciary, legislature b : the person or persons making up that branch see also governor, mayor, president 2 : a person who exercises administrative or managerial control
Burgomaster
A chief magistrate of a municipal town in Holland Flanders and Germany corresponding to mayor in England and the United States a burghmaster
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