noun In law: In England, a town or vill where there are more than one in a parish a division of a parish in which there is a separate constable, and for which there may be separate overseers of the poor.noun In Anglo-Saxon times, the area of land occupied by a community inhabiting a fenced homestead, a farm, or a village surrounded by an inclosure.noun A suburb or city in South Africa formerly designated by the government as a predominantly black residential area.noun An ancient administrative division of a large parish in England.noun A public land surveying unit of 36 sections or 36 square miles.noun A subdivision of a county in most northeast and Midwest US states, having the status of a unit of local government with varying governmental powers.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
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