"Burgwhar" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL

One who seceded from the Burghers (1747), deeming it improper to take the Burgess oath.

In En«lisb law. A town, a walled town. Co. Litt. 108b. A town of note or importance; a fortified town. …

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

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

A burgess; a citizen. See 2d Bourgeois.

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.

An inhabitant of a Scotch burgh qualified to vote for municipal officers.

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

A roll, required by the St. & 6 wm. IV. c. 76, to be kept In corporate towns or boroughs, …

The state of privilege of a burgess.

A member of that party, among the Scotch seceders, which asserted the lawfulness of the burgess oath (in which burgesses …

In Scotch law. A term used to designate the rents paid into the king’s private treasury by the burgesses or …

In the English parliament The lower house, so called because the commons of the realm, that is, the knights, citizens, …

An obsolete writ addressed to the sheriff to levy the expenses of every citizen and burgess of parliament 4 Inst …

In French law. A municipal officer corresponding with alderman or burgess, and having in some Instances a civil Jurisdiction In …

A writ to he quit of toll; lt lies for citizens and burgesses of any city or town who, by …

A writ lying for a citizen or burgess, impleaded contrary to his liberty, to have his privilege allowed. Reg. Orig. …

An inhabitant or burgess of a port, esp. of one of the Cinque Ports.