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In the 19th century, proponents of reform gave these boroughs the derogatory appellations rotten boroughs or pocket boroughs, or more formally nomination boroughs, because their democratic processes were rotten and their parliamentary member(s) were elected by the whim of the patron, thus in his pocket; the actual votes of the electors were ...
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A rotten or pocket borough, more formally known as a nomination borough or proprietorial borough, was a parliamentary borough or constituency in England, Great Britain, or the United Kingdom before the Reform Act 1832, which had a very small electorate and could be used by a patron to gain unrepresentative influence within the unreformed House of ...
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Definition of rotten borough. : an election district that has many fewer inhabitants than other election districts with the same voting power.
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1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a town, esp (in Britain) one that forms the constituency of an MP or that was originally incorporated by royal charter. See also burgh. 2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) any of the 32 constituent divisions that together with the City of London make up Greater London.
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› one of the five divisions of New York City or, in some states, a town or part of a town. › In Alaska, a borough is a political division similar to a county in other states. (Definition of “borough” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of “borough”.
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For the area of London known as the Borough, see Southwark. A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely.
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a cold drink, originally from Taiwan , of tea infused with fruit flavouring , shaken to produce bubbles , and served over tapioca pearls in a clear cup . It is usually drunk through a very wide straw.
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borough - an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament. townsfolk, townspeople, town - the people living in a municipality smaller than a city; the whole town cheered the team. burgh - a borough in Scotland.
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Old Sarum in Wiltshire (pictured) was the most notorious pocket borough. It was a possession of the Pitt family from the mid-17th century until 1802, and one of its Members of Parliament was Prime Minister William Pitt the Elder.
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boroughs definition
A borough is an administrative division in various English speaking countries.