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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.