. [ select and man .] In New England , a town officer chosen anually to manage the concerns of the town, provide for the poor, etc. Their number is usually from three to seven in each town, and these constitute a kind of executive authority.
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Jurisdiction Roget’s Thesaurus §965
N. jurisdiction, judicature, administration of justice, soc, executive, commission of the peace, magistracy, judge, tribunal, municipality, corporation, bailiwick, shrievalty, lord lieutenant, sheriff, shire reeve, shrieve, constable, selectman, police, police force, the fuzz, constabulary, bumbledom, gendarmerie, officer, bailiff, tipstaff, bum-bailiff, catchpoll, beadle, policeman, cop, police constable, police sergeant, sbirro, alguazil, gendarme, kavass, lictor, mace bearer, huissier, bedel, tithingman, press gang, exciseman, gauger, gager, customhouse officer, douanier, coroner, edile, aedile, portreeve, paritor|, posse comitatus, bureau, cutcherry, department, secretariat, long arm of the law, extradition
V. judge, sit in judgment, extradite
Adj. executive, administrative, municipal, inquisitorial, causidical, judicatory, judiciary, judicial, juridical
Adv. coram judice
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