Feudalize - Law Dictionary Search Results
Coshering
A feudal prerogative of the lord of the soil entitling him to lodging and food at his tenants house
Magna Carta
substantially upon the Saxon Common Law, which flourished in this kingdom until the Normaninvasion consolidated the system of feudality, still the great characteristic of the principles of real property. The barons assembled at St.Edmund's Bury, in Suffolk,
Tenure
a term of years absolute (see LAND). The idea of tenure or holding is said to derive from feudalism, which separated the dominium directum (the dominion of the soil), which it placed mediately, or immediately, in the
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Escheat
escheat results from tenure only, and arises from an obstruction in the course of descent; it originates in feudalism, and respects the intestate's succession. So, while forfeiture affects the rents and profits only, escheat operates on the
Relief
Relief, legal remedy for wrongs, etc.; charitable assistance. A payment made by an heir of a feudal tenant to the feudal lord for privilege of succeeding to ancestor's tenancy, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p.
Uses
which was at first a liberating expedient, became a gigantic system, which superseded the doctrines and practice of feudal law, and laid the foundation of modern conveyancing. Before the Statute of Uses, a use was in its
Advow, or Avow, or Avouch
Advow, or Avow, or Avouch [under the feudal system, when the right of a tenant was impugned, he had to call upon his lord to come
Regalia
Regalia, means the rights held by the Crown under feudal law, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1286. Regalia, the royal rights of a sovereign, which the civilians
Serf
Serf, the slave of feudalism. See SERVI. A person in a condition of feudal servitude, bound to labour at the will of lord;
Seigniorage
a percentage on bullion brought to a mint for coining; and (ii) something claimed by a monarch or feudal lord as a prerogative, Divisional Forest Officer v. Tata Finlay Ltd., AIR 2001 SC 2672. [See Kerala Grants
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