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Resiant rolls
Resiant rolls, those containing the resiants (residents) in a tithing, etc., which are to be called over by the steward … Resiant rolls, those containing the resiants (residents) in a tithing, etc., which are to be called over by the steward on holding courts-leet.
Slub
A roll of wool slightly twisted a rove called also slubbing … A roll of wool slightly twisted a rove called also slubbing
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Advocate
are called advocates. See ADVOCATES, FACULTY OF; and BARRISTER. Means a person whose name is entered on the roll of advocates prepared and maintained by a State Bar Council under the Advocates Act, 1961. [Supreme Court Rules, … In the English Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts, until 1857, certain persons learned in the civil and canon law, called advocates, had the exclusive right of acting as counsel. They were members of a college situate at Doctor's
Ragman's-roll, or Ragimund's-roll
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Letters patent
Letters patent, is derived from Latin word 'literae patentes.' The letters patent are so called because 'they are open letters; they are not sealed up, but exposed to view, with the great seal
Tenure
others be turned into free and common socage, save only tenures in frankalmoigne, tenures by copy of Court roll, and honorary services of grand serjeanty; and that all tenures which shall be created by the king, his … the holder. There is then no allodial land in England. Those who held immediately from the king were called tenants in capite (in chief), which was the most honourable tenure. This was of two kinds, either ut
Record
Record, a memorial or remembrance; an authentic testimony in writing contained in rolls of parchment, and preserved in a Court of record. The public records of the kingdom are placed under … (English) Public Record Office Act, 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 94). The (English) Public Record Office (commonly called the Rolls Office) is a large building in Chancery Lane, London, and was opened in 1902. There are
Master of the Rolls
Master of the Rolls [magister rotulorum, Lat.], originally the chief of a body of officers called the Masters in Chancery, of whom … Master of the Rolls [magister rotulorum, Lat.], originally the chief of a body of officers called the Masters in Chancery, of whom there were eleven others, including the Accountant-General. The Master of the Rolls
Rolls Office of the Chancery
Rolls Office of the Chancery, an office in Chancery Lane, London, which contained rolls and records of the High … London, which contained rolls and records of the High Court of Chancery. This house or office was anciently called Domus Conversorum, as being appointed by King Henry III. for the use of converted Jews, but their irregularities
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