Errant - Law Dictionary Search Results

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Bailiff-errant

Bailiff-errant, a bailiff's deputy. See OUTRIDERS....

Errant

Errant [itinerant], applied to justices on circuit, and bailiffs at large, etc. see EYRE....

Nonvidentur qui errant consentire

Nonvidentur qui errant consentire.-(They do not appear to consent who commit a mistake.) See Broom's Leg. Max....

Errant

Wandering deviating from an appointed course or from a direct path roving...

Knight errant

A wandering knight a knight who traveled in search of adventures for the purpose of exhibiting military skill prowess and generosity...

Knight er ratic

Pertaining to a knight errant or to knight errantry...

Paladin

A knight errant a distinguished champion as the paladins of Charlemagne...

Justice in eyre, means one of the itinerant judges who, in medieval times, investigated allegations of wrongdoing, tried cases, and levied fines. Also termed justica errante; justiciar in itinere, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 869....

Outriders

Outriders, bailiffs-errant employed by sheriffs or their deputies to ride to the extremities of their counties or hundreds to summon men to the county or hundred Court....

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