"Burgage" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

barangáy - A boat worked by oars; a ward of several families; a settlement, colony, district, village, borough of a …

In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, …

The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax.

An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other.

The pledge or surety thus given.

A custom, as in some ancient boroughs, by which lands and tenements descend to the youngest son, instead of the …

The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.

One who buys or sells the parliamentary seats of boroughs.

The head or chief of a tithing, or borough (see 2d Borough); the headborough; a parish constable.

In Saxon law. The borough's ealder, or headborough, supposed to be in the discreetest man in the borough, town, or …

In old English law. In-habitants of a burg us or borough; burgesses. Fleta, lib. 5, c. 6, $ 10

A borough.

A tenure by which lands in royal boroughs ln Scotland were held of the sovereign. The service was watching and …

In English law. one of the three species of free socage hold-lngs; a tenure whereby houses and lands which were …

In old Engllsh law. A term applied to a contribution towards the repair of castles or walls of defense, or …

A term anciently ap-plied to a castle or fortified place; a borough, (q. v.) Spelman

An inhabitant of a borough or walled town, or one who possesses a tenement therein; a citizen or freeman of …

One who represents a borough in Parliament.

A magistrate of a borough.

In English law. An inhabitant or freeman of a borough or town; a person duly and legally admitted a member …