What is BURGESS? Definition of BURGESS in Black's Law Dictionary
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 in this sense is particularly defined by the statute 5 & 6 Wm. IV. c. 76, §§ 9, 13. 3 Steph.Comm. 192. A representative of a borough or town, in parliament. Co.Litt. 109a; 1 Bl.Comm. 174.
In American law. The chief executive officer of a borough, bearing the same relation to its government and affairs that the mayor does to those of a city; so used in Pennsylvania. In Connecticut boroughs the board of burgesses corresponds to the township board or board of trustees in some other states, or to the common council of a city. Cent. Dict.
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