(Scotland, historical) A board in each parish set up to assist the poor.
(Scotland, historical) A board in each parish set up to assist the poor.
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(Scotland, historical) A burgh whose boundaries, as first fixed in 1832, were adopted for municipal purposes, with regard to which they stand practically in the same position as royal burghs.
(UK, historical) A school under the control of a school board, as elected by the Elementary Education Act 1870.
An administrative board operating in a local government; specifically.
(chiefly, in, _, India) A governmental assembly or council in India.
(UK, often, politics, dated, derogatory, figurative) Of local interest or significance only; petty, parochial.