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Game
for pheasants, between 1st February and 1st October; for black game (except in the county of Somerset or Devon, or in the New Forest in the county of Southampton), between 10th December and 20th August; or in
Devonian
Of or pertaining to Devon or Devonshire in England as the Devonian rocks period or system
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Censure
Censure [fr. Census, Lat.] a custom observed in certain manors in Devon and Corn wall, where all persons above the aged sixteen years are cited to swear fealty to the
Circuits
cities of Worcester and Gloucester and the city of Birmingham. (6) Western Circuit: Counties of Southampton, Wilts, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, Somerset; and counties of the cities of Exeter and Bristol. (7) North and South Wales Circuit: (a)
Exeter, or Exon, Domesday
which contains a description of the western parts of the kingdom, comprising the counties of Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall. The Exeter Domesday was published with several other surveys nearly contemporary, by order of the Commissioners
Gold-mines
the sovereign, or persons claiming under his authority, may have the ore (other than the tin ore in Devon and Cornwall) at a price stated in the Act. As to the transfer of gold and silver mines
Guardian (Gardein) de Lesteinery
Guardian (Gardein) de Lesteinery, the warden of the stannaries or mines in Cornwall and Devon. See 16 Car. 1, c. 15
Sea
Sessions to try a case of larceny alleged to have been committed in Scottish waters, see R. v. Devon Justices, (1924) 1 KB 503. See TERRITORIAL WATERS.
Stannary
courts being mentioned in charters of the reign of King John. In 1855 their jurisdiction was extended to Devonshire mines. The Stannaries Court Abolition Act, 1896, trans-ferred this jurisdiction (which was exercised by a Vice-Warden with an
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