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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Vertebral Artery Dissection
- Dissection wall artery, leading to formation an aneurysm that occlude vessel. Thrombus give rise emboli. Cervical fractures or related NECK INJURIES and CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA are commonly associated conditions, although this process may occur spontaneously. Ischemia, infarction, hemorrhage in the vascular distribution of affected vertebral artery complicate condition.