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Maritagio amisso per defaltam

Maritagio amisso per defaltam, an obsolete writ for the tenant in frank-marriage to recover lands, etc., of which he was deforced.

Liberum tenementum

Liberum tenementum, a frank tenement or freehold. The plea of liberum tenementum, commonly pleaded by the defendant in an action of trespass,

Lawday

Lawday, a Court-leet, or view of frank-pledge.

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Demi-vill

Demi-vill, a town consisting of five freemen of frank-pledges, Spelman.

Friborough, or frithburgh

Friborough, or frithburgh, the Norman term for frank-pledge.

Borsholder

the good behaviour of all its members, 1 Bl. Com. 114 (356). The chief of a tithing or frank pledge; Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.

Freehold

the greater part of the real property in this country is freehold. Such an interest in lands of frank tenement as may endure not only during the owner's life, but which is cast after his death upon

freehold

freehold [translation of Anglo-French frank tenement freehold estate] : a tenure of real property the duration of which cannot be determined and by

Frankness

The quality of being frank candor openess ingenuousness fairness liberality

Mealy mouthed

affectedly or timidly delicate of speech speaking deviously unwilling to tell the truth in plain language Opposite of frank or blunt

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