Tithing-Man

In Saxon law. This was the name of the head or chief of a decennary. In modern English law, he is the same as an under-constable or peace-officer. In modern law. A constable. "After the introduction of justices of the peace, the offices of constable and tithing-man became so similar that we now regard them as precisely the same." Wlllc. Const. Introd. In New England. A parish officer annually elected to preserve good order in the church during divine service, and to make complaint of any disorderly conduct Webster.