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Tenure

do him some special, certain, and honorary service in person, as to be marshal of his host, or high steward of England, or to carry his banner or his sword, or to be his butler, champion, or other … or estate, and feo, wages, pay), over which the owner had but a conditional dominion, acknowledging a superior lord, upon whose pleasure the tenure precariously depended, and without whose consent nothing could be done. And this is

Steward of manor

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Copyhold

as he may think proper; and the Court of Queen's Bench (now the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice) will order the lord to allow such inspection, and if the lord then refuse, he … form the homage and transact the necessary business, the lord or his steward presiding as judge. Although these courts are essentially distinct, yet they are … or money's worth. A copyhold estate is a parcel of the demesnes of a manor held at the lord's will, and according to the custom of such manor. The tenant may have the same quantities of interest

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