Nobleness - Law Dictionary Search Results
Primer fine
a writ of covenant, there was due to the Crown, by ancient prerogative, a primer fine, or a noble for every five marks of land sued for; that was one-tenth of the annual value, 1 Steph. Com.
Morganatic marriage
Morganatic marriage. The lawful and inseparable conjunction of a man of noble or illustrious birth with a woman of inferior station, upon condition that neither the wife nor her children
Dame
or baronet a woman, lady; maid of honour; the mistress of a house; a matron; a mother; a noble lady; a name given to members of certain order of nuns.
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Maiden rents
Maiden rents, a noble paid by the tenants of some manors on their marriage. This was said to be given to the
Heresy
in the clergy is punishable under the Church Discipline Act as an offence against the laws ecclesiastical, see Noble v. Voysey, (1871) LR 3 PC 357, in which the Rev. Charles Voysey was deprived of his benefice
Half-mark
Half-mark, a noble, or 6s. 8d. in money.
Fiscus
hence any treasure or money chest. The treasury of a monarch (as the repository of forfeited property) a noble, or any private person, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 650. The importance of the imperial fiscus led
Farthing of gold
Farthing of gold., an ancient coin, containing in value the fourth part of a noble, 9 Hen. 5, c. 7.
Earl
as the reign of Henry IV., who was, as a fact, related to the greater part of the nobles (see Shakespeare's Henry IV., Second Part, Act 2, sc. 2), and took this public notice of it as
Ode
proper to be set to music or sung a lyric poem esp now a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style
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