common council
noun
the local legislative body of a municipal government.
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Origin of common council
First recorded in 1680–90
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Examples from the Web for common council
Historical Examples of common council
The freemen of the various wards elect representatives annually to the common-council, to the number of 206 members.
The Irish parliament was not behindhand with the common-council in exhibiting sympathy for the cause of the Americans.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
In regard to the governing body, there was to be one only—a mayor and common-council.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
He gave the city also power to elect and remove its sheriffs at pleasure, and its common-council men annually.
The act of common-council for rebuilding, says, "The fire was by all justly resented as a most sad and dismal judgment of Heaven."