Handborow
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A pledge; a frank pledge.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In Saxon law. A hand pledge; a name given to the nine pledges in a decennary or friborg; the tenth or chief, being called "Headborow," (q. vt) So called as being an inferior pledge to the chief. Spelman.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In Saxonlaw. A hand pledge; a name given to the nine pledges in a decennary or friborg; the tenth or chief, being called “headborow.” (q. v.) So called as being an inferior pledge to the chief. Spelman.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
A hand-pjedge; a name given to the nine ordinary frank-pledges of a decennary, the tenth or chief being the headborow. V. Tithing. '