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COMMON COUNCIL


COMMON COUNCIL. In many cities the charter provides for their government, in imitation of the national and state governments. There are two branches of the legislative assembly; the less numerous, called the select, the other, the common council. 2. In English law, the common council of the whole realm means the parliament. Fleta, lib. 2, cap. 13.

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