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Moneyage
A tax paid to the first two Norman kings of England to prevent them from debashing the coin
Chattels or catals
Chattels or catals [fr. Catalla, Lat.; chatel, Fr.; chaptel, Old Fr.]. The word 'catalla' among the Normans primarily signified only beasts of husbandry or, as they are still called, cattle, but in a secondary sense
Percheron
One of a breed of draught horses originating in Perche an old district of France called also Percheron Norman
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Sarum use
liturgy or use put forth about 1087 by St Osmund bishop of Sarum based on Anglo Saxon and Norman customs
Accolade
knight on the left cheek. The accolle, or blow, John of Salisbury assures, was in use among the Normans; by this William the Conqueror conferred the honour of knighthood upon his son Henry. It was first given
Borough English
of Property Act, 1922, 12th Schedule; evidently of Saxon origin, and so named to distinguish it from the Norman customs. By this custom, which was met with in some burgage tenemental lands and elsewhere, if a person
Catalla
Catalla, chattels. The word among the Normans primarily signified only beasts of husbandry, or, as they are still called, 'cattle'; but in a secondary sense
Cestui que trust
(in the majority of cases instituted by way of an Originating Summons). The phrase cestui que trust is Norman-French. In Roman Law obligations analogous to trusts could only be crated by testament; the trustee was (Heres) 'fiduciarius';
Voir dire
Voir dire [veritatem dicere, Lat., 'to tell the truth,' voir being the Norman-French for vrai]. A sort of preliminary examination by the judge, in which the witness is required to speak
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