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.