Tithing-Man
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In Saxon law. The head or chief of a decennary of ten families. He was to decide all lesser causes between neighbors. Now tithingmen and constables are the same thing. Jacob. In New England, a parish officer to keep good order in church.
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