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corporation
body, from corpor- corpus body] : an invisible, intangible, artificial creation of the law existing as a voluntary chartered association of individuals that has most of the rights and duties of natural persons but with perpetual existence
Bagavel
Bagavel. Edward I. granted to the citizens of Exeter, by charter, the collection of a certain tribute or toll upon all wares brought to that city to be sold,
Court-leet
a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet, being the King's Court granted by charter to the lords of those hundreds or manors. Its original intent was to view the frank pledges, that
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Bar Council
has imposed upon it the duty of dealing with all matters affecting the profession. Although established neither by charter nor statute, its existence is officially recognised-e.g., Criminal Appeal Act, 1907, s. 18 (2).
Folc-land
had charge of their hawks, horses, and bounds. From these burthens the lands were liberated when converted by charter into bocland. See Allen's Inquiry into the Rise and Progress of the Royal Prerogative in England, 143-149.
Feorme
the produce of the land due by the grantee to the lord according to the terms of the charter, Spelman on Feuds, c. 7.
Falsa grammatica non vitiat chartam
Falsa grammatica non vitiat chartam [Lat.], false grammar does not vitiate a charter.
F.O.W
F.O.W., these letters used in a charter-party mean 'first open water,' that is, immediately after the ice breaks up sufficiently to allow of safe navigation.
Essendi quietum de tolonio
to be quit of toll; it lies for citizens and burgesses of any city or town, who, by charter or prescription, ought to be exempted from toll, where the same is exacted of them, Reg. Brev. 258.
Eastland company
Eastland company, a company which subsisted under a charter granted by Queen Elizabeth in 1579 for regulating the commerce to the ports of the Baltic. The trade
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