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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which was at first a liberating expedient, became a gigantic system, which superseded the doctrines and practice of feudal law, and laid the foundation of modern conveyancing.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

Act of Union

26 (1536), by which Wales was made subject to English law. The Statutum Wallice of 1284 made Wales feudally subject to the King of England, but left the Welsh law unaltered. The Union with Ireland Act, 1800

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;

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