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Rex non debet esse sub homine sed sub Deo et lege quia lex facit regem

Rex non debet esse sub homine sed sub Deo et lege quia lex facit regem (Bract. lib. i.5), the king ought not to be under any man, but under God and under the law, for the...

Sacaburth, Sacabere, Sakabere

theft deprived of his money or goods, and puts in surety to prosecute the felon with fresh suits, Bract., 1.3, c. 32. The Scots term it sikerborgh (that is, securum plegium), Spelm.

Homagium reddere

of disowning his lord; for which there was a set form and method prescribed by the feudal laws, Bract. 1. 2, c. xxxv., s. 35.

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Sae-pledge

Sae-pledge, a surety appointed for one's appearance at a day assigned, Bract. 1. 4.

Secta ad justiciam faciendam

Secta ad justiciam faciendam, a service which a man is bound to perform by his fee, Bract.

Servitium feodale et pr'diale

feodale et pr'diale, a personal service, but due only by reason of lands which were held in fee, Bract. 1. 2, c. 16.

Surrise

Surrise, to forbear or neglect, Bract. 1. 5

Third-night-awn-hinde

was reckoned a stranger; the second night, twa-night, a guest; and the third night, an agen-hinde, a domestic. Bract. 1.3.

Vavasory

Vavasory (vavasoria), the lands that a vavasor held, Bract. lib. 2

Veal-money

paid a yearly rent by this name to their lord, in lieu of veal paid formerly in kind, Bract.

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