Tonsura
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Tonsure.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Lat In old English law. A shaving or polling; the having the crown of the head shaven; tonsure. One of the peculiar badges of a clerk or clergyman.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I, Tonsure.
In old English law. A shaving, or polling; the baving the crown of the head shaven.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
I., Tonsure. The shaving of the crown