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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

Healfang, or Halsfang

Healfang, or Halsfang [fr. hals, Sax., neck, and fang, to seize], the pillory; also a pecuniary mulct, to commute for standing in the pillory.

clemency

punishment (as a sentence) 2 : an act or instance of mercy, compassion, or forgiveness see also amnesty, commute, pardon, reprieve

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pardon

of an offense 2 : an official warrant of remission of penalty as an act of clemency compare commute 3 : excuse or forgiveness for a fault or offense pardon vt

Naodi razan

Naodi razan, is money commutation for the obligation of maintaining a specified number of charges, Anwar Singh v. State of Rajasthan, AIR 1955

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.

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.).

Scutage

Scutage, a tax or contribution raised by those that held lands by knight's service in commutation of such service towards furnishing the king's army, at the rate of one, two, or three marks for

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