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Tithing-Man

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

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. Webster.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Same as Tithing-reeve.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In Saxon Law. The head or chief of a tithing or decennary of ten families; he was to decide all lesser causes between neighbors. Now tithingmen and constables are the same thing. Jacob, Law Diet. In New England, a parish officer to keep good order in church. Webster, Diet.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In Saxon law. This was the name of the head or chief of a decennary. In modern English law, he is the same as an under-constable or peace-officer.

In modern law. A constable. "After the introduction of justices of the peace, the offices of constable and tithing-man became so similar that we now regard them as precisely the same." Wlllc. Const. Introd. In New England. A parish officer annually elected to preserve good order in the church during divine service, and to make complaint of any disorderly conduct Webster.