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Englecery, Englescherie, or Englisherie

Englishman excused the neighbourhood from the fine they would have had to pay if he had been a Norman or Dane. See 14 Edw. 3, st. 1, c. 4.

Caveat viator

licensee. See Indermaur v. Dames, (1866) LR 1 CP 274, Latham v. Johnson, 1913 (1) KB 398, and Norman v. Great Western Railway Company, 1915 (1) KB 584 (2) CP 311. The case of a trespasser is

Civil Law

the seat of judgment in this island. After the declension of the Roman empire, the Saxon, Danish, and Norman laws superseded a great portion of the Roman Law; but not very long afterwards it began again to

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Friborg

The pledge and tithing afterwards called by the Normans frankpledge See Frankpledge

exchequer

Court of Justice called also Court of the Exchequer NOTE: The Exchequer was created in England by the Norman kings. In addition to being divided into a court of common law and a court of equity, at

jury

jury pl: ju·ries [Anglo-French juree, from feminine past participle of Old French jurer to swear, from Latin jurare, from jur- jus law] : a body of individuals sworn to give a decision on some matter submitted...

mutual

each toward the other : reciprocal [ orders of protection in domestic violence cases "L. H. Schafran and Norman Wikler"] 2 : shared in common : joint [spouses' obligation to support children of their marriage "Louisiana Civil

Beakhead

An ornament used in rich Norman doorways resembling a head with a beak

C

g in go its original value being the latter In Anglo Saxon words or Old English before the Norman Conquest it always has the sound of k The Latin C was the same letter as the Greek

Customary

A book containing laws and usages or customs as the Customary of the Normans

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