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Assises de Jerusalem, a monument of feudal jurisprudence, compiled by Gottfried of Godfrey of Bouillon, for the government of the Holy City after its conquest by the Crusaders. It was revised in the 13th and 14th centuries for the use of the Latin Kingdom of Cyprus, 1 Colq. R. C. L. s. 80, p. 86...
Assisa utrum
Assisa utrum. See ASSISE DE UTRUM....
Mort d'Ancestor
Mort d'Ancestor. See ASSISE OF MORT D'ANCESTOR....
Novel disseisin
Novel disseisin (recent disseisin). See also ASSISE OF NOVELDISSEISIN....
Court-baron
Court-baron, a court which, before 1926 (see COPYHOLDS), although not one of record, was incident to every manor, and could not be severed therefrom. It was ordained for the maintenance of the services and duties stipulated for by lords of manors, and for the purpose of determining actions of a personal nature, where the debt or damage was under forty shillings.This court might be held at any place within the manor, giving fifteen days' notice, including three Sundays. Of the day when the court will be held; but three or four days' notice have been deemed sufficient. It was frequently held together with the court-leet, and generally assembled but once a year.The freehold tenants alone were suitors to the Court-baron; and it was essential to the existence of the court that there should be two suitors at the least; for since freemen can only be tried by their peers or equals, should there be but one freeman, he could then have no peer or judge, and consequently he had to appeal to the co...
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