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A house esp one which is a resort for thieves
Forinsecum servitium
Forinsecum servitium, the payment of extraordinary aid, Ken.Glos.
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Falcatura
Falcatura, one day's mowing of grass, a customary service to the lord by his inferior tenants. Falcata, the fresh grass mowed and laid in swathes. Falcator, the tenant-mower, Ken Glos.
Comba terr'
Comba terr' [fr. cumbe, Sax.; kum, Br.; comb, Eng.], a valley or piece of low ground between two hills, Ken. Glos
Carucate
Carucate [fr. Carucata terr'], Carvage,or Carve of land, a plough-land of 100 acres, or according to Skene, as much land as may be tilled in a year and a day by one plough, Ken. Glos. 'And...
Capituli agri
Capituli agri, head-lands, lands lying at the head or upper end of lands or furrows, Ken.Par. Ant. 137.
Capias pro fine, or misericordia
Capella, an oratory, or depending place of divine worship; also a chest, cabinet, or other depository of precious things, especially of religious relics, Ken. Paroch. Antiq. 580.
Camera
Camera [fr. kam'pa, Gk.], the judge's chamber in Serjeants' Inn, Ken. Glos. --means room, chamber, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. The judge's private room behind the court. A trial is said to take place in camera...
Bas-Chevaliers
Bas-Chevaliers, low or inferior knights by tenure of a base military fee, as distinguished from bannerets, chief or superior knights. Hence we call our simple knights, viz., knights bachelors, bas-chevaliers, Ken. Par. Antiq
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