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Chacea

a station of game, more extended than a park, and less than a forest; also the liberty of chasing or hunting within a certain district; also the way through which cattle are driven to pasture, otherwise called

Caeliglatura

Art of producing metal decorative work other than statuary as reliefs intaglios engraving chasing etc

Libera chasea habenda

Libera chasea habenda, a judicial writ granted to a person for a free chase belonging to his manor, after proof

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Franchise

are almost infinite, but the principal are: bodies corporate, the right to hold Courtsleet, fairs markets, ferries, forests, chases, parks, warrens, fisheries. The remedy for disturbance is an action. See COPYHOLDS, 1 Steph. Com. Also, the right

Game

Game [fr. gaman, Sax.], all sorts of birds and beasts that are objects of the chase. The term is defined by the Game Act, 1831 (1 & 2 Wm. 4, c. 32), as including

Garter

the motto Honi soit qui mal y pense, in gold letters with buckle and pendant of gold richly chased. It is worn on the left leg, below the knee; (2) a collar of gold; (3) the Lesser

Instalment

Instalment, a portion of a debt. When a debt is divided into two or more parts, payable at different times, each part is called an instalment, and the debt is said to be payable by instalments....

Issue

Issue [fr. exitus, Lat.], used in several senses:-(1) The legitimate offspring of parents. The word 'issue' in a will was either a word of purchase or of limitation, as would best answer the intention of the...

Ranger

and inquire of trespasses in his bailiwick; to drive the beasts of the forest, both of vinery and chase, out of the dis-afforested into the forested lands; and to present all trespasses of the forest at the

Manor

of entry, winning and search for the same; nor have franchises, royalties or privileges in respect of fairs, chase or warren, fisheries and hunting and shooting been affected subject to the enfranchised copyholder's right to disturb or

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