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Definition: tithingman
Headborough
\Head"bor*ough\ Headborrow
\Head"bor*row\(h[e^]d"b[u^]r*[-o]), n.
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.
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2. (Modern Law) A petty constable. [Eng.]
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