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TOWN [3 records]

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Record 1 2010-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Municipal Law
DEF

The territory within which this population lives.

CONT

A town, which is a type of municipal corporation, can be formed by a state legislature when a large number of dwellings have concentrated in a particular location. A town is a creation of the state, designed and authorized to perform certain governmental functions on the local level.

OBS

A compactly settled area usually larger than a village but smaller than a city.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit municipal
OBS

Territoire délimité par une loi ou par lettres patentes, ou agglomération de citoyens résidant dans ce territoire. L'anglais distingue "city" et "town" selon l'importance. En français, on dit simplement grande, moyenne et petite selon le cas.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Municipal Law
CONT

Township -- In a government survey, a square tract of land six miles on each side, constituting thirty-six square miles. In some states, the name given to the political subdivision of a county.

OBS

The terms township and town are frequently used interchangeably in certain geographic locations, although in some parts of the United States the term township denotes a group of several towns.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit municipal
CONT

Petite agglomération qui sert de port d'attache à une flotille de petits bateaux.

Spanish

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Record 3 2009-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Regional and Municipal Gov. Bodies and Committees
  • Municipal Law
DEF

A center of population that is larger and more fully developed than a village, but that (traditionally speaking) is not incorporated as a city.

OBS

The Municipal Board, upon the application of not less than seventy-five inhabitants of a locality having a population of not less than 2,000, may incorporate the inhabitants of the locality or a larger or smaller locality as a town.

OBS

Upon the application of an improvement district having a population of not less than 2,000, the Municipal Board may erect the improvement district into a town.

OBS

Upon the application of a village or township having a population of not less than 2,000, the Municipal Board may erect the village or township into a town.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouv. régionaux ou municipaux
  • Droit municipal
OBS

À la requête d'un district en voie d'organisation ayant une population d'au moins 2 000 personnes, la Commission des affaires municipales peut constituer ce district en ville.

OBS

À la requête d'un village ou d'un canton ayant une population d'au moins 2 000 personnes, la Commission des affaires municipales peut constituer ce village ou ce canton en ville.

OBS

À la requête d'au moins soixante-quinze habitants d'une localité ayant une population d'au moins 2 000 personnes, la Commission des affaires municipales peut constituer les habitants de cette localité, ou d'une localité plus grande ou plus petite, en ville.

Spanish

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