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Manor
the lord; the barren lands which remained formed the 'wastes'; the whole fee was termed a lordship or barony; and the Court appendant to the manor the Court baron. Every manor (with some doubtful and unimportant exceptions)
Tolt
removed into a county Court, O.N.B. 4. Means a writ for removing a case pending in a court baron to a county court, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1495.
Court-leet
Court-leet. [Coke says leet is a Saxon word, and comes from the verb gelathian, or gelethian (g being added
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Inferior Courts (UK)
Inferior Courts (UK). They are the Court baron, the hundred Court, the borough civil Court, the County Court, the Mayor's Court, London, and also all courts
Exchequer, Court of
and its judges were six (formerly five) in number, consisting of one chief and five (formerly four) puisne barons. This Court was made a Division of the High Court of Justice (Jud. Act, 1873, ss. 31, 34).
Sheriff's Tourn or Rotation
Sheriff's Tourn or Rotation, a Court of record held twice every year, within a month after Easter and Michaelmas, before the sheriff, in different
Turn, or Tourn
Turn, or Tourn, the great Court-leet of the county, as the old county Court was the Court-baron; of this the sheriff was judge, and
Puisne
Puisne [fr. puisne Fr.], junior, inferior, lower in rank. The several judges and barons of the former Common Law Courts to Westminster, other than the chiefs, were called puisne. By s. 5 … [fr. puisne Fr.], junior, inferior, lower in rank. The several judges and barons of the former Common Law Courts to Westminster, other than the chiefs, were called puisne. By s. 5 of the (English) Judicature Act, 1877,
Essoin, Essoigne, Assoign
for him who is summoned to appear and answer to an action, or to perform suit to a Court-baron, etc., by reason of sickness or infirmity or other just cause of absence. The causes of excuse called
Ancient demesne
the manor. They form the customary Court. The Court of Ancient Demesne, which is analogous to the Court Baron, is constituted by those who hold in socage of the lord of the manor. The tenants in ancient
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