An act of a corporation or of its founder, intended as a permanent rule or law, a bond of record acknowledged before the mayor of the staple, by virtue of which the creditor may, on nonpayment, forthwith have execution against the body, lands, and goods of the debtor, as in the statute merchant. It is now disused, an act passed by a legislative body, adjective_ enacted by a legislative body
The leader of a city, or a municipality, sometimes just a figurehead and sometimes a powerful position. In some countries, the mayor is elected by the citizens or by the city council, the head of a city government, The principal officer of a municipality; the chief magistrate of a city or borough