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Knight's fee
Knight's fee [feodum militare, Lat.], twelve plough-lands, the value of which was 20l. per annum (2 Inst. 596). By the grant of a knight's fee, land, meadow, and pasture may pass as parcel
Tenure
other authorities, 800 acres of land, and others say 680, and its value in those times was 28l. per annum. This tenure was granted by words of pure donation, dedi et concessi (I have given and granted); transferred
Super-tax
then levied upon incomes of over 2,500l., altered to 2,000l. by 10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 18, per annum. The duty was at the rate prescribed by Parliament in any year. By the (English) Finance Act, 1927
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Recovery of land
actions for the recovery of land where neither the value of the land nor the rent exceeds 100l. per annum, and references to ss. 138 and 139 of the Act of 1888 are to be construed as references
Pensioner
a guard on the royal person. It was instituted in 1539; each gentleman has an allowance of 150l. per annum, and two horses. This band is now called the Honourable Body of Gentlemen-at-Arms. 3. A member of a
Limitation of actions and prosecutions
[see Walter v. Lorden, (1902) 2 KB 304], but if a stranger obtains any rent reserved exceeding 20s. per annum from the lessee and no rent is paid afterwards to the person rightfully entitled, the statutory period accrues
Capitation fee
it; as where a schoolmaster, in addition to his salary, or instead of it, is paid one pound per annum for each boy in the school. 'Capitation fee' means charging or collecting amount beyond what is permitted by
Justices
upon such lease as in the Act mentioned, with reserved rents of the clear yearly value of 300l. per annum; but two years' occupation of a dwelling-house of not less than 100l. annual value would of itself give
Domestics
the hiring. In this country it is usual to engage domestic servants at a fixed amount of wages per annum. But there is generally no express stipulation as to the time that the service is to last; and
Denariate
Denariate, as much land as is worth one penny per annum.
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