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Excavation

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

Customary freeholds

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

Mixed tithes

Mixed tithes, tithes of wool, milk, pigs, etc., consisting of natural products, but nurtured and preserved in part by the...

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Covenant

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

Compurgator

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

Mining lease

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

Paternity

Paternity. The general rule is that 'pater vero is est quem nupti' demonstrant' (Dig. Lib. 2, tit. 4, 1. 5)....

Murder

Murder [fr. morthor, morthen, Sax.; murdrum, Low Lat.]. It is thus defined by Coke (3 Inst. 47): 'When a person...

Sabbulonarium

Sabbulonarium, a gravel pit, or liberty to dig gravel and sand; money paid for the same.

Turbary

Turbary [fr. turbus or turva, obs. Lat. turf, or Saxon, meaning either the right of taking turf, or the ground...

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