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Copyhold
of interest in this tenure as he may enjoy in freeholds, as an estate in fee-simple or (by particular custom) fee-tail, … ancient villeinage modified and changed by the commutation of base services into specified rents, either in money or money's worth. A
Magna Carta
basis of our legislation, and the material guarantee of the freedom of political opinion, and of vindicating the right of publicly … and 33rd chapters, relating to the royal escheat, the lord's services, and the patronage of abbeys, have been entirely superseded; as
Rent
qualifying the grantee for the parlia-mentary franchise, as a forty-shilling free-holder, under 8 Hen. 6, c. 7, but this kind of … rendered by way of rent; it may also consist in services or manual operations, as to plough so many acres of
Frank-almoigne
Frank-almoigne, free alms. A spiritual tenure whereby religious corporations, aggregate or sole, … for ever. They were discharged of all other except religious services, and the trinoda necessitas. It differs from tenure by divine
Exemption
Exemption, immunity; freedom from imposts; a privilege to be free from service or … immunity; freedom from imposts; a privilege to be free from service or appearance. Freedom from a duty, liability or other requirement,
Quit rent
(quietus redditus), a rent payable to the lord by a freeholder or ancient copyholder of a manor, so called because thereby … thereby the tenant goes quit and free of all other services, 2 Bl. Com. 42. As no manor has been created
Tax and fee-distinction
should be a 'reasonable relationship' between the levy of the free and the services rendered, State of Gujarat v. Akhil Gujarat
Acquittal
of the charged offence. [fr. acquitter, Fr.; quietus, Lat., to free, acquit, or discharged], a deliverance and setting free of a … free from entries and molestations by a superior lord, for services issuing out of lands, Cowel. Acquittal is of two kinds--(1)
Freehold
Freehold, one of the two chief tenures known in ancient times … property. It is derived from the feudal system, but the services connected with it were honourable and mild. The annihilation of
Homage
honourable service and most humble service of reverence that a free tenant might do to his lord. When a tenant performed … Homage [fr. homo, Lat., a man], the most honourable service and most humble service of reverence that a free tenant
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