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Honor

Esteem due or paid to worth high estimation respect consideration reverence veneration manifestation of respect or reverence

Redevance

Redevance, means dues payable by a tenant to the lord, not necessarily in money, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1282.

Head-silver

Head-silver, dues paid to lords of leets; also a fine of 40l. which the Sheriff of Northumberland exacted of the

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Debt

Debt [fr. debitum, Lat.], a sum of money due from one person to another. An action of debt lay where a person claimed the recovery of a

Good faith

Good faith, nothing shall be deemed to be done in good faith which is not done with due care and attention. [Limitation Act, 1963, s. 2 (h)] The expression 'good faith' has not been defined in

Copyhold

a second marriage. (11) Upon every descent of a copyhold estate, a sum of money or fine is due to the lord from the heir upon his admission, as a consideration for the renewal of a grant.

Distress

collector for recovery of rates or taxes, and by justices of the peace for the recovery of fines due on summary convictions. A distress may be made of common right for the rent payable by a tenant

Rent

with power to appoint a receiver of the same charged upon default for twenty-one days. Rent is not due till midnight of the day upon which it is reserved, although sunset is the time appointed by law

lien

: a lien against freight conferring on the carrier the right to retain the property until the amount due is paid charging lien : a lien attaching to a judgment or recovery awarded to a plaintiff and

Fines in copyholds

a sum of money payable by custom to the lord. There are three classes of fines:- (1) those due on the change of the lord; (2) those on the change of the tenant; and (3) those for

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