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town warden Hist. 
n. See 1793 quote.
See also: county warden
- 1793 . . . the said Inhabitants-Householders [are] to choose and nominate two fit and discreet persons to serve the office of Town-Warden for such Parish, Township, reputed Township or Place.
- 1886 The act also provided for two town-wardens. . . . These wardens were a corporation to represent the whole inhabitants of the township or parish, with the right to let or sell property, to sue and be sued.
- 1909 Chief of these officers were the wardens, or townwardens, as they were sometimes called.
- 1793 . . . the said Inhabitants-Householders [are] to choose and nominate two fit and discreet persons to serve the office of Town-Warden for such Parish, Township, reputed Township or Place.