Category:Headborough

Head"bor*ough, Head"bor*row n.

1. The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman. See Borsholder. [Eng.] Blackstone.

2. (Modern Law)

Defn: A petty constable. [Eng.]