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Court-leet
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Court leet
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Lawday
Lawday, a Court-leet, or view of frank-pledge.
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Leta
Leta, a Court-leet.
Leet, Court
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Sheriff's Tourn or Rotation
Sheriff's Tourn or Rotation, a Court of record held twice every year, within a month after Easter and Michaelmas, before the sheriff, in different
Court-baron
Court-baron, a court which, before 1926 (see COPYHOLDS), although not one of record, was incident to every manor, and
Turn, or Tourn
Turn, or Tourn, the great Court-leet of the county, as the old county Court was the Court-baron; of this the sheriff was judge, and
Privilege
publishing matters which, if not issuing from such high authority, might become the subject of proceedings in a Court of law; the power of directing the Attorney-General to prosecute persons accused of offences against the law or
Magna Carta
reserved for the vigorous administration of Cornwell to abolish this military tenure, which he did by intermitting the Court of Wards in 1645. So perfectly hopeless was the renewal of this oppressive system at the restoration of … the death of any other than her husband. The 35th chapter, relating to county courts, sheriffs' turns, and leets, has long sine fallen into desuetude by reason of new laws upon these subjects, though the sheriff's county
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