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Lady [fr. h'f dig,Sax., loaf-day, which words have in time been contracted into the present appellation]. It was the fashion...

Labourer, according to the dictionary meaning, this indicates a person who is engaged in the performance of unskilled labour, generally...

Jus fodiendi, a right of digging.

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Customary freeholds have been converted into 'socage tenure' by the (English) Law of Property Act, 1922, s. 189, see COPYHOLD....

Fossway [fr. fossus, Lat., digged], one of the four ancient Roman ways through England. Trevisa describes it thus: 'The first...

Excavation, the term 'excavation', in the ordinary dictionary sense, means 'hole', 'hollow' or 'cavity' made by digging out', Tarkeshwar Sio...

Mining lease, means for the purposes of the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, a lease for mining purposes, that...

Customary Court-baron, a court which should be kept within the man or for which it is held. It may be...

Covenant [fr. Covenant, Fr.], any agreement, convention, or promise of two or more parties, by deed in writing, signed, sealed,...

Compurgator, one who by oath justifies another's innocence. The compurgatores mentioned in Anglo-Saxon records have been supposed to be the...

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Lady [fr. h'f dig,Sax., loaf-day, which words have in time been contracted into the present appellation]. It was the fashion...

Labourer, according to the dictionary meaning, this indicates a person who is engaged in the performance of unskilled labour, generally...

Jus fodiendi, a right of digging.

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