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Bas-ville

Bas-ville, suburbs of a town, Fr....


Bas-Chevaliers

Bas-Chevaliers, low or inferior knights by tenure of a base military fee, as distinguished from bannerets, chief or superior knights. Hence we call our simple knights, viz., knights bachelors, bas-chevaliers, Ken. Par. Antiq...


Demi-vill

Demi-vill, a town consisting of five freemen of frank-pledges, Spelman....


Pr'fectus vill'

Pr'fectus vill' (the mayor of a town)....


Pr'positus vill'

Pr'positus vill', a constable of a town, or petty constable....


Vill, or village

Vill, or village, a manor; a parish; the out-part of a parish, 1 Steph. Com. A town or township, the simplest form of social organization; see Stubbs's Const. History of England, vol. i. p. 82; Williams on Rights of Common, pp. 39 et seq.; 1 Bl. Com. 115.The following is the difference between a mansion, a village, and a manor, viz.: a mansion may be of one or more houses, but it must be of one dwelling-house, and none near to it, for it other houses are contiguous, it is a village; and a manor may consist of several villages, or one alone, Fleta, 1. 6, c. 51....


probation

probation [Middle French, critical examination and evaluation, from Latin probation- probatio, from probare to test, approve, prove] 1 a : subjection to a period of evaluation and possible termination at the commencement of employment in a position for which one's fitness is to be determined b : subjection to a period of review in the course of employment or education as a result of a violation of standards and with the possibility of dismissal if standards are not met 2 a : the suspension of all or part of a sentence and its replacement by freedom subject to specific conditions and the supervision of a probation officer [it is the intent of the legislature that the granting of shall be a matter of grace conferring no vested right to its continuance "Michigan Statutes Annotated"] compare diversion, parole b : probation as a sentence in itself c : the period or state of being subject to probation [arrested while on ] pro·ba·tion·al [-shə-nəl] adj pro...


Town

Town, denotes the existence of houses in close proximity, concentration of a large number of people in a comparatively small area, engagement of a bulk of the population in non-agricultural activities, Baliat Sheikh v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1952 Cal 753; State v. Jagdish B. Rao, AIR 1970 Goa, Daman and Diu 54.Town, is an assemblage of buildings, public or private larger than a village and having more complete and independent local government, AIR 1970 Goa 54 (55). (Police Act, 1861, s. 34)1. A center of population that is larger and more fully developed then a village, but that is not incorporated as a city2. The territory within which this population lives, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.Ville [fr. tun, Sax.], a tithing or vill; any collection of houses larger than a village. A place 'cannot be a towne in law, unlesse it hath, or in time pasthath had, a church, and celebration of divine service, sacraments, and burials' (Co. Litt. 115 b). 'And it appeareth by Littleton, that a to...


Villa est ex pluribus mansionibus vicinata et collata ex pluribus vicinis. Et sub appellatione villarum continentur burgi et civitates

Villa est ex pluribus mansionibus vicinata et collata ex pluribus vicinis. Et sub appellatione villarum continentur burgi et civitates. Co. Litt. 115 b.-(A vill is a neighbourhood of many mansions, a collection of many neighbours. And under the term vills, boroughs and cities are contained.)...


bastard

bastard : an illegitimate child NOTE: The word bastard is no longer used in legal contexts. bas·tardy [bas-tər-dē] n ...


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