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borsholder
(gcide) | Headborough \Head"bor*ough\ Headborrow
\Head"bor*row\(h[e^]d"b[u^]r*[-o]), 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.
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2. (Modern Law) A petty constable. [Eng.]
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Borsholder
(gcide) | Borsholder \Bors"hold`er\, n. [OE. borsolder; prob. fr. AS.
borg, gen. borges, pledge + ealdor elder. See Borrow, and
Elder, a.] (Eng. Law)
The head or chief of a tithing, or borough (see 2d
Borough); the headborough; a parish constable. --Spelman.
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Borsholder
(gcide) | Headborough \Head"bor*ough\ Headborrow
\Head"bor*row\(h[e^]d"b[u^]r*[-o]), 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.
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2. (Modern Law) A petty constable. [Eng.]
[1913 Webster]Borsholder \Bors"hold`er\, n. [OE. borsolder; prob. fr. AS.
borg, gen. borges, pledge + ealdor elder. See Borrow, and
Elder, a.] (Eng. Law)
The head or chief of a tithing, or borough (see 2d
Borough); the headborough; a parish constable. --Spelman.
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