town meeting

town meeting.

1. A legal meeting of a town’s qualified voters for the administration of local government or the enactment of legislation. • Town meetings of this type are common in some New England states. [Cases: Towns 17. C.J.S. Towns § 58.]

2. More generally, any assembly of a town’s citizens for the purpose of discussing political, economic, or social issues.

3. Modernly, a televised event in which one or more politicians meet and talk with representative citizens about current issues.

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资深译员维皓，毕业于一所培养高级翻译以及跨文化事务专家的精英大学，专注翻译各种与反垄断诉讼有关的法律文件。