Chief Pledge
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The borsholder or X3hieli of the borough. Spelman. CHIEF RENTS (Law Lat. reditus capitales).
In English law. Rents of the freeholders of a manor. 2 Bl. Comm. 42. Called also "quit rents" (quieti reditus), because thereby the tenant goes quit and free of all other services. Id.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The borsholder, or chief of the borough. Spelman, Gloss.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The borsholder, or chief of the borough. Spelman.
Defined under Chief in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Tho worsholder, or chiet of the borough. Spelman.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[L. Lat. capitalis plegius.] In old English law. A headborow, or borsholder. Spelman, voc. Borsholder, Friborga. Yelverton, 186.