Earles Penny - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: earles pennyEarles-penny
Earles-penny, money given in part payment. See EARNEST....
Earles penny
Earnest money Same as Arles penny...
Schar-penny, Scharn-penny, or Schorn-penny
Schar-penny, Scharn-penny, or Schorn-penny, a small duty or compensation...
Teding-penny, Tething-penny, Tithing-penny
Teding-penny, Tething-penny, Tithing-penny, a small duty to the sheriff from each tithing, towards the charge of keeping courts, etc., from which some of the religious houses were exempted by royal charter....
Aver-penny or average penny
Aver-penny or average penny, money paid towards the king's averages or carriages, and so to be freed thereof, Cowel....
Earl
Earl [fr. eorl, Sax.; eoryl, Erse; comes, Lat.], a title of nobility, formerly the highest in England, now the third, ranking between a marquis and a viscount, and corresponding with the French Comte and the German Graf. The title originated with the Saxons, and is the most ancient of the English peerage. William the Conqueror first made it hereditary. An earl has an hereditary seat in the House of Lords. In official instruments he is called by the sovereign 'trusty and well-beloved cousin,' an appellation as ancient as the reign of Henry IV., who was, as a fact, related to the greater part of the nobles (see Shakespeare's Henry IV., Second Part, Act 2, sc. 2), and took this public notice of it as a means of popularity.A title of nobility, formerly the highest in England but now the third highest ranking between marquis and a viscount, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 525.Earl, is the third degree of peerage in order of precedence, but the first in antiquity. (Cruise on Dignities (...
Tithing-penny
Tithing-penny. See TEDING-PENNY....
Earl
A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis and above a viscount The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a count comte in France and graf in Germany Hence the wife of an earl is still called countess See Count...
Earl Marshal of England
Earl Marshal of England, a great officer of state who had anciently several courts under his jurisdiction, as the Court of Chivalry and the Court of Honour. Under him is the Heralds Office, or College of Arms. This office of Earl Marshal is of great antiquity, and has been since 1672 hereditary in the family of the Howards, the present holder being the Duke of Norfolk, 3 Steph. Com....
penny stock
penny stock see stock ...
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