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Frusca terr'

Frusca terr', waste and desert lands, Dugd. Mon., tom. 2, p. 327....

Terra frusca, or frisca

Terra frusca, or frisca, fresh land, not lately ploughed....

terre tenant [Anglo-French terre tenaunt freeholder, from Old French terre land + tenant holding, from present participle of tenir to hold] : one in actual possession of land ;specif : one who purchases land after a lien of mortgage or judgment has attached used chiefly in the law of Pennsylvania ...

Amittere legem terr', or liberam legem

Amittere legem terr', or liberam legem, to lose the liberty of being sworn in any Court. but by 6 & 7 Vict. c. 85, persons who were previously excluded from giving evidence by incapacity arising from crime or interest are made competent witnesses, their credibility being left to the jury. A person outlawed was (see OUTLAW) said to lose his law; i.e., to be put without its protection, so that he could not sue, although he could be sued, Glanvil, lib. ii....