BURGESS

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 ot 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 BI. 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 1n PennsyIvania. BURGESS ROLL, A roll, required by the St. 5 & 6 Wm. IV. c. 76, to be kept in corporate towns or boroughs, of the names of burge es entitled to certain new right& conferred by that act. [s. 162]