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====Parliamentary Burgh==== | ====Parliamentary Burgh==== | ||
Following the Scottish Reform Act 1832, thirteen towns that were not previously a burgh of any kind were granted representation in Parliament. In 1833 these thirteen towns were incorporated, giving them similar powers to police burghs. The term 'parliamentary burgh' later came to represent any burgh that elected its own members of parliament, as opposed to being part of a rural county electorate. | Following the Scottish Reform Act 1832, thirteen towns that were not previously a burgh of any kind were granted representation in Parliament. In 1833 these thirteen towns were incorporated, giving them similar powers to police burghs. The term 'parliamentary burgh' later came to represent any burgh that elected its own members of parliament, as opposed to being part of a landward (rural county) electorate. | ||
===Judicial Jurisdictions=== | ===Judicial Jurisdictions=== | ||