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Medlefe, Medleta, Medletum

Medlefe, Medleta, Medletum [fr. meler, Fr., to meddle], a sudden scolding at and beating one another, Bract, 1, 3, c. xxxv.

Intentio

Intentio, a court, Bract.

Lagan or ligan

chief lord of the fee had to take goods cast on shore by the violence of the sea, Bract. 1. 3, c. 11.; 5 Rep. 106 b; also, the goods themselves; included in 'wreck' (see that title)

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Justitia piepoudrous

Justitia piepoudrous, speedy justice, Bract., 334.

Jocus partitus

Jocus partitus, an election between two proposals, Bract., 1. 4, tr. 1, c. 32.

Rectum

Rectum, right; also a trial or accusation, Bract.

Inlagary, or Inlagation

Inlagary, or Inlagation, a restitution of an outlaw to the protection and benefit of the law, Bract. 1. 3, tr. 2, c. 14.

Recognitors

Recognitors, the jury impannelled in an assize; so called because they acknowledged a disseisin by their verdict, Bract. 1, 5.

Saccus cum brochia

tenure of finding a sack and a broach (pitcher) to the sovereign for the use of the army, Bract. 1. 2, c. 16.

Rex est major singulis, minor universis

Rex est major singulis, minor universis (Bract. lib. i, c. 8), the king is greater than any single person: less than all. But if the claims of the king come in contract with the rights of...

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