headborough Meaning, Definition & Usage

Head"bor*ough, Head"bor*row noun (Also<

• Headborough
• Headborrow

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Definitions

1. The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman. See Borsholder. Eng. Blackstone.
2. (Modern Law) A petty constable. Eng.