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Tenure

and this attendance was his rent or service for the land he held, but the service was usually commuted by payment in the form of escuage or scutage. Among the incidents of this tenure were reliefs or

Electrepeter

An instrument used to change the direction of electric currents a commutator

Permulator

A special form of rotary converter with stationary commutator and rotating brushes in which the exciting field is induced by the alternating current in a short circuited

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Kerhere

Kerhere, a customary cart-way; also a commutation for a customary carriage duty.

Murorum operatio

and adjoining tenants in building or repairing the walls of a city or castle; their personal service was commuted into murage (q.v.).

Lardingmoney

masts of the lord's wood, the fat of a hog being called lard; or it may be a commutation for some customary service of carrying salt or meat to the lord's larder, Dugd. Mon., t. 1, p.

Lesion

inequality of situation by one who does not obtain a full equivalent for what he gives in a commutative contract, Civ. Law.

Manor

the Duchy of Lancaster or of Cornwall, rent and other services except Grand and Petty Serjeanty have been commuted and extinguished. See COPYHOLD and MANORIAL DOCUMENTS. Manor, the tenant of land could grant a part of it

Money due or to become due on account of pension

to become due on account of pension' occurring in s. 11 of the Pensions Act, 1871 includes the commuted portion of the pension payable to an employee after his retirement, Union of India v. Wing Commander R.R.

Redemption

to the mortgagor on the latter paying the mortgage debt. See EQUITY OF REDEMPTION; PROVISO FOR REDEMPTION. 2. Commutation or the substitution of one lump payment for a succession of annual ones: e.g., see the Land Tax

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