- headborow
- The head or chief man of a borough; a frank pledge or tithing.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
headborow
Look at other dictionaries:
handborow — In Saxon law, a hand pledge; a name given to the nine pledges in a decennary or friborg; the tenth or chief, being called headborow (q.v.). So called as being an inferior pledge to the chief … Black's law dictionary
handborow — In Saxon law, a hand pledge; a name given to the nine pledges in a decennary or friborg; the tenth or chief, being called headborow (q.v.). So called as being an inferior pledge to the chief … Black's law dictionary
headborough — Same as headborow … Ballentine's law dictionary
