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In English law. The great body of citizens; the mass of the people, excluding the nobility. In American law. The body of people composing a municipal corporation, excluding the corporate officers
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In English law. The great body of citizens; the mass of the people, excluding the nobility. In American law. The body of people composing a municipal corporation, excluding the corporate officers