Re: Legal Opinion <g!> (Was: Classic soul, etc

["'A. Joseph Ross'" <lawyer@world.std.com>]

On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, BUMP MARTIN wrote:

> Councillor?  Is that correct?  Is this the proper use of the term
> 'Boston Proper'?

"Boston Proper" is not a legal term, so I can't give a legal opinion on
it.  Some people use it to mean the original boundaries of Boston, without
all the towns that Boston annexed during the 19th century (and 20th, in
the case of Hyde Park).  This is not, of course, to be confused with
"Proper Boston," consisting of Lowells who talk only to Cabots and Cabots
who talk only to God.

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