英语词汇“burgh of regality”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

burgh /bûrˈə/ spelling of borough, used for Scottish burghs, otherwise archaic

ORIGIN: See borough

burghal /bûrgˈl/ adjective

burgher /bûrgˈər/ noun

A freeman or citizen of a borough (used non-technically of British towns, in technical sense chiefly of continental towns, cf burgess)

A townsman

(with cap) a Seceder who felt free to take the burgess oath (see Antiburgher) (Scot)

A citizen of one of the S African Boer republics (historical)

In Sri Lanka, a Eurasian of Dutch or Portuguese extraction, or a person of European race assimilated to the native population (historical)

burgh court noun

Formerly in Scotland, an inferior court of summary jurisdiction presided over by a bailie

burgh of barony noun

A corporation under a feudal superior or baron, who sometimes nominated the magistrates

burgh of regality noun

A burgh of barony enfranchised by crown charter, with regal or exclusive criminal jurisdiction within its territory

parliamentary burgh

A burgh whose boundaries, as first fixed in 1832 for parliamentary representation, were adopted later for municipal purposes
A burgh which by itself or in combination elected a member of parliament

police burgh

A burgh constituted by the sheriff for purposes of improvement and police

royal burgh

A corporate body deriving its existence, constitution and rights from a royal charter, actual or presumed to have existed