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Lay fee

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Magna Carta

a whole barony, by one hundred marks; the heir or heirs of a knight, for one whole knight's fee, one hundred shillings at the most, and he that hath less shall give less, according to the old … No man of the church shall be amerced after the quantity of his spiritual benefice, but after his lay-tenement, and after the quantity of his offence.' A man's contenement is that which is absolutely necessary for his

Barrister, or Barrastor

subject of counsel's fees is elaborately discussed. He cannot even recover fees from the solicitor to whom the lay client has paid them, Wells v. Wells, (1914) 157. Moreover, the payment of a fee does not depend

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Feodum laicum

Feodum laicum, a lay-fee.

Fieri facias de bonis ecclesiasticis

a common fi. fa. returns nulla bona, and that the defendant is a beneficed clerk, not having any lay fee, a plaintiff may issue a fi. fa. de bonis ecclesiasticis, addressed to the bishop of the diocese, commanding

Recto de rationabili parte

Recto de rationabili parte, a writ of right, of the reasonable part, which lay between privies in blood, as brothers in gavelkind, sisters, and other coparceners, for land in fee simple, Fitz.

Thelonio irrationabili habendo

Thelonio irrationabili habendo, a writ that formerly lay for him that had any part of the king's demesne in fee-farm, to recover reasonable toll of the

Right patent

An obsolete writ which was brought for lands and tenements, and not for an advowson, or common, and lay only for an estate in fee-simple, and not for him who had a lesser estate, as tenant-in-tail, tenant-in-frank

Ex gravi querela

Ex gravi querela, a writ that lay for him to whom any lands or tenements in fee were devised (within any city, town, or borough

Causa matrimonii pr'locuti

Causa matrimonii pr'locuti, a writ which lay where a woman gave lands to a man in fee simple, etc., to the intent he should marry

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