HEADBOROUGH
\hˈɛdbʌɹə], \hˈɛdbʌɹə], \h_ˈɛ_d_b_ʌ_ɹ_ə]\
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In Saxon law. The head or chief officer of a borough ; chief of thefrankpledge tithing or decennary. This office was afterwards, when the petty constablesliipwas created, united with that office.
By Henry Campbell Black
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(Leg.) In frankpledge, the chief of the ten pledges or freemen of a tithing, or decennary ; also called Borowhead, Borsholder, Tithingman, etc.
By Henry Percy Smith
By Thomas Sheridan
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