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(historical) A borough which could effectively be controlled by a single person who owned at least half of the burgage tenements (whose occupants had the right to vote in the borough's parliamentary elections), since he could populate these tenements with his own supporters.

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pocket borough

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pocket borough

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歴史的

(historical) A borough which could effectively be controlled by a single person who owned at least half of the "burgage tenements" (whose occupants had the right to vote in the borough's parliamentary elections), since he could populate these tenements with his own supporters.

日本語の意味

一人の有力者が議会選挙において票の動向を自在に操るため、実質的に支配できる選挙区。 / 所有するバーガッジ・テナメントを利用し、住民（選挙権者）を自身の支持基地として操作できる自治体。