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Marshal (Earl)

Marshal (Earl). See CHIVALRY, COURT OF....

Earl Marshal of England, a great officer of state who had anciently several courts under his jurisdiction, as the Court of Chivalry and the Court of Honour. Under him is the Heralds Office, or College of Arms. This office of Earl Marshal is of great antiquity, and has been since 1672 hereditary in the family of the Howards, the present holder being the Duke of Norfolk, 3 Steph. Com....

Chivalry, Court of

Chivalry, Court of, anciently held as a Court of honour merely, before the Earl-Marshal, and as a criminal Court before the Lord High Constable, jointly with the Earl-Marshal. It had jurisdiction as to contracts and other matters touching deeds of arms or war, as well as pleas of life or member. It also corrected encroachments in matters of coat-armour, precedency, and other distinctions of families. It has long grown entirely out of use. See 3 Bl. Com. 68, 103; 13 Ric. 2, c. 2....

Vice-Marshal

Vice-Marshal, an officer who was appointed to assist the Earl marshal....

Earl marshal

An officer of state in England who marshals and orders all great ceremonials takes cognizance of matters relating to honor arms and pedigree and directs the proclamation of peace and war The court of chivalry was formerly under his jurisdiction and he is still the head of the heralds office or college of arms...

Heralds'College, or 'College of Arms

Heralds'College, or 'College of Arms,' an ancient royal corporation, first instituted by Richard III., in 1483, situated on St. bennet's Hill, near St. Paul's, in the city of London. The above-named heralds, to gether with the earl marshal and a secretary, are the members of this corporation; in all, thirteen persons. The heralds' books, compiled when pro-gresses were solemnly and regularly made into every part of the kingdom, to inquire into the state of families, and to register such marriages and descents as were verified to them upon oath, are allowed to be good evidence of pedigrees, 3 Stark. Evid. 843; Hubback on Succession, pp. 538 et seq. See HARALD.The Heralds' office is still empowered to make grants of arms and to permit change of names. See SURNAME....

Fishery

Fishery, the right to take fish. Fisheries are either free, common, or several. A free fishery is the exclusive right of fishing in a public river, and is a royal franchise, Common of fishery, or common of piscary, is the right of fishing in another man's water. A several fishery is the exclusive right of fishing in another man's water, and he that has it, according to Blackstone, 'must also be the owner of the soil' (2 Bl. Com. 40). This position of Blackstone, however, has been questioned, and the distinction between the various kinds of fishery is not clear; see Hrg. Co. Litt. 122 a, n. 7; Holford v. Bailey, (1846) 8 QB 1000; 13 ib. 426; Marshall v. Ulleswater Steam navigation Co., (1863) 3 B&S 732; Chesterfield (Earl) v. Harris, (1908) 2 Ch 397; 1911 AC 623; Coulson and Forbes on the Law of Waters; Leake on Uses and Profits of Land. No right can exist in the public to fish in an inland non-tidal lake, O'Neil v. Johnston, (1909) 1 Ir R 237.The fishing rights of the lord of the manor...

Magna Carta

Magna Carta, [Latin 'great charter'] The English charter that King John granted to the barons in 1215 and Henry III and Edward I later confirmed. It is generally regarded as one of the great common-law documents and as the foundation of constitution liberties. The other three great charters of English Liberty are the Petition of Right (3 Car. (1628)), the Habeas Corpus Act (31 Car. 2 (1679)), and the Bill of Rights (1 Will. SM. (1689)). Also spelled Magna charta, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 963.This Great Charter is based substantially upon the Saxon Common Law, which flourished in this kingdom until the Normaninvasion consolidated the system of feudality, still the great characteristic of the principles of real property. The barons assembled at St.Edmund's Bury, in Suffolk, in the later part of the year 1214, and there solemnly swore upon the high alter to withdraw their allegiance from the Crown, and openly rebel, unless King John confirmed by a formal charter the ancient li...

Precedence or precedency

Precedence or precedency, the act or state of going before; adjustment of place.The rules of precedence may be reduced to the following list, in which those marked * are entitled to the rank here allotted them by 31 Hen. 8, c. 10; marked ' by 1 W. & M. c. 1; marked by letters-patent, 9, 10 & 14 Jac. 1, which see in Seld. Tit. of Hon. ii. 5, 46; marked ' by ancient usage and established custom, Camden's Brit., tit. 'Ordines'; Milles's Cat. of Hon. 1610; and Chamberlayne's Prest. St. of Eng., b. 3, c. iii; see 1 Bl. Com. 404.* The King's children and grandchildren.* The King's consort.* The King's uncles.* The King's nephews.* Archbishop of Canterbury (a).* Lord High Chancellor or Keeper, if a baron.* Archbishop of York.Prime Minister.By royal warrant dated December, 1905.* Lord Treasurer.* Lord President of the Council. } barons.* Lord Privy Seal.(a) The judges of assize, while on circuit, take pre-cedence of every subject.*Lord Great Chamberlain.But see Private Stat.1 Geo. 1, c. 3.* Lo...

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