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Electoral franchise
corporation elected the members, in others the franchise was exercised solely by the freemen, in others by the burgage holders (see BURGAGE TENURE), in others by those paying what corresponded to local rates (see SCOT AND LOT),
Tenure
untouched by the oppressive hand of the Norman. Included among free socage tenures were petit serjeanty tenure in burgage, and gavelkind. (1) Petit serjeanty [parva serjeantia, Lat.] greatly resembles grand serjeanty, for as the latter is a
Borough English
so named to distinguish it from the Norman customs. By this custom, which was met with in some burgage tenemental lands and elsewhere, if a person had several sons, and died intestate, the youngest son inherited all
Hasp and staple
Hasp and staple, the old form of the entry of an heir into premises held by burgage tenure in Scotland-Bell's Dict.
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