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Hors de son fee

Hors de son fee (out of his fee), where land is without the compass of a person's fee, 9 Rep. 30; 2 Mod. 104.

Shrink

To wrinkle bend or curl to shrivel hence to contract into a less extent or compass to gather together to become compacted

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Abridgment

Abridgment [fr. abreviamentum, Lat.], a large work contracted into a narrow compass; a summary, epitome, or compendium. As to how far this may be done without breach of copyright, see

Chase

forest and not endowed with so many liberties, as officers, laws, courts; and yet it is of larger compass than a park, having more officers an game than a park. Every forest is a chase, but every

Deciners, Decenniers, or Doziners

oversight of the Friburghs or views of frankpledge for the maintenance of the King's peace. The limit and compass of their jurisdiction was called decenna, because it commonly consisted of ten households; as every person, bound for

Verge or virge

Verge or virge, the compass of the King's Court, which bounds the jurisdiction of the lord steward of the household; it seems to

Land boundary

means the limit of a landholding, usu. described by linear measurements of the borders, by points of the compass or by stationary markers, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 882.

Occupancy

the owner. The right of occupancy has been confined by the laws of England within a very narrow compass, e.g., where a person was tenant pur autre vie, or had an estate granted to himself only (without

Piedpoudre, Court of

in any preceding one; so that the injury must be done, complained of, heard and determined, within the compass of one and the same day, unless the fair continues longer. The court had cognizance of all matters