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Marshalsea

The court or seat of a marshal hence the prison in Southwark belonging to the marshal of the kings household

Middlesex, Bill of

than actions real, provided the defendant was an officer of the Court, or in the custody of the marshal, or prison-keeper of the Court. in proceedings against prisoners or officers of the Court, the actions were said

Tenure

generally in the wars, to 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

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Steward of household

Steward of household. See MARSHAL-SEA.

Servitors of Bills

Servitors of Bills, servants or messengers of the Marshal of the King's Bench, who were sent abroad with writs, etc., to summon persons to that Court, 2

Seneschallo et mareshallo quod non teneat placita de libero tenemento

Seneschallo et mareshallo quod non teneat placita de libero tenemento, a writ addressed to the steward and marshal of England, inhibiting them from taking cognizance of an action in their Court that concerns freehold, Reg. Brev.

Precedence or precedency

*Lord Great Chamberlain. But see Private Stat. 1 Geo. 1, c. 3. * Lord High Constable. * Lord Marshal. * Lord Admiral. * Lord Steward of the Household. * Lord Chamberlain of the Household.} above all peers

Fieri facias

death of the debtor, Johnson v. Pickering, (1908) 1 KB 1. A writ of execution that directs a marshal or sheriff to seize and sell a defendants property to satisfy a money judgment, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th

Mareschall or Mareshal

Mareschall or Mareshal, a marshal.

Heralds'College, or 'College of Arms

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

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