Tithing-Man
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In Saxon Law. The head or chief of a tithing or decennary of ten families; he was to decide all lesser causes between neighbors. Now tithingmen and constables are the same thing. Jacob, Law Diet. In New England, a parish officer to keep good order in church. Webster, Diet.