selectman or selectwoman

selectman or selectwoman
A municipal officer elected by a town in the New England states.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


selectman or selectwoman
A municipal officer elected by a town in the New England states.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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