COUNCIL

An a embly of persons for the purpose of concerting measures _of state or municipal policy; hence called "coun• cillors." In Am.eric an law. The legislative body in the government of cities or boroughs. An advisory body selected to aid the executive; particmlarly in the colonial period (and at present in some of the United States) a body appointed to advise and a ist the governor 'in his executive or judicial capacities or both. -Common council. In American law. The lower or more numerous branch of the legislative a embly of 11 city. In English law. The councillors of the city of London. The parliament, also, was anciently called the "common council of the realm." Fleta, 2, 13.-Privy council. See that title.-Select council. The name given, in some states, to the upper house or branch of the council of a city. [s. 286]