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Festing-penny

Festing-penny [fr. festnian, Sax., to confirm], earnest given to servants when hired or retained in service.

Fictitious entry

Fictitious entry, A fictitious entry is one which is not genuine. It is an unreal entry. Entries which are not...

Forest

Forest [fr. foresta, Ital.], an incorporeal hereditament, being the right or franchise of keeping, for the purpose of venery and...

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Free fishery

Free fishery, a royal franchise; being the exclusive right of fishing in a public river. Grants of this description cannot...

Gavelkind

Gavelkind. A mode or rule of descent by custom abolished by the Administration of Estates Act, 1925, s. 45(1)(a), in...

High Steward of the Universities, Court of the Lord

High Steward of the Universities, Court of the Lord. By the charter of 7th June, 2 Hen. 4, confirmed by...

Pension of Churches

Pension of Churches, certain sums of money paid to clergymen in lieu of tithes. A spiritual person may sue in...

Semper pr'sumitur pro negante

Semper pr'sumitur pro negante, (The presumption is always in favour of the negative.) On an equal division of votes in...

Physician

Physician, one who professes the art of healing. The necessity of placing under supervision the practitioners of physic and surgery...

Uniformity, Act of

Uniformity, Act of, (English) 14 Car. 2, c. 4, 'for the Uniformity of Public Prayers and Administration of Sacraments and...

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