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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

Chancellors of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge

those bodies, the office being honorary. The Chancellor of the University of Oxford, by virtue of certain ancient charters confirmed by statute, enjoys the sole jurisdiction (in exclusion of the King Courts) when a scholar or privileged

Dentist

Dentist. The (English) Medical Act, 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 90), s. 48, enabled Her Majesty, by charter, to grant to the Royal College of Surgeons of England power to institute examinations, etc., for dentists, and

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Dialogus de scaccario

to the Law-Latinity of those days, 1 Reeves, 220; and see Mad. Hist. of the Exchequer; Stubb's Select Charters

Diploma

Diploma [fr. diplow, Gk., to fold double, consisting of two leaves], a royal charter or prince's letters-patent. An instrument given by colleges and societies, on commencement of any degrees. A license for

Diplomatics

Diplomatics (should not be confounded with diplomacy), the art of judging of ancient charters, public documents, or diplomas, etc., and discrimin-ating true from false

eam, or Theame

eam, or Theame [fr. tyman, Sax., to teem or bring forth], a privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, for the having, restraining, and judging of bondmen and villeins, with their

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

Chancery Court of Lancaster

Chancery Court of Lancaster. By Royal Charter and by Statute, a court conferred on the County Palatine of Lancaster, having the same and concurrent jurisdiction

Carrier

any association of persons, whether incorporated or not, by whom the aircraft or the ship is owned or chartered. [Immigration (Carriers' Liability) Act, 2000 (52 of 2000), s. 2(1)(a)] Means someone who has contracted to carry, as

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