Headborow
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
or HEADBOROUGH.
In Saxon law. The head or principal man of a frank pledge decennary or tithing.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
The head or chief of a borough, a frank pledge, or a tithing.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
headborongh.
In Saxon law. A chief pledge; the head or principal man of a decennary.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
The chief pledge of a tithing, v. Handborow.