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Definition of boroughhead

Boroughhead
Boroughhead Bor"ough*head`, n. See Headborough. [Obs.]
boroughhead
Headborough Head"bor*ough, Headborrow 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) A petty constable. [Eng.]

Meaning of boroughhead from wikipedia

- In English law, the term headborough, head-borough, borough-head, borrowhead, or chief pledge, referred historically to the head of the legal, administrative...