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Romney Marsh, a tract of land, in Kent, governed by certain ancient and equitable laws of sewers, from which commissioners of sewers may receive light and direction, 4 Inst. 276; 3 Steph Com.; and see also the Municipal Corporations Act, 1883 (46 & 47Vict. c. 18), saving certain rights in respect of Romney Marsh....
Champerty
Champerty, is a species of maintenance and therefore it is convenient to use the phrase 'Champertous maintenance', distinguishing it from simple maintenance, in which the element of champerty is not present, Trepca Mines Ltd. (in re:) (No. 2), [1963] Ch 199 (226).means every champerty is maintenance, Hickman v. Kent or Romney Marsh Sheep Breeders' Association (1920), as reported in 151 LT JO 5, (CA)....
Merse-ware
Merse-ware, the ancient name for the inhabitants of Romney Marsh, Kent....
Sewer
Sewer, a trench or channel through which water or sewage flows.The Court of Commissioners of Sewers is a temporary tribunal, erected by commission under the Great Seal, which used to be granted pro re nata at the pleasure of the Crown, and later at the discretion of the Lord Chancellor, Lord Treasurer, and Chief Justices, pursuant to the Statute of Sewers (23 Hen. 8, c. 5). Their jurisdiction is to overlook the repairs of the banks and walls of the sea-coast and navigable rivers; or, with consent of a certain proportion of the owners and occupiers, to make new ones, and to cleanse such rivers, and the streams communicating therewith, and is confined to such county or particular district as the commission shall name. They are a Court of record, and may proceed b jury, or upon their own view, and may make orders for the removal of annoyances, or the conservation of the sewers within their commission according to the customs of Romney Marsh, or otherwise. They may also assess necessary ra...
Methane
A light colorless gaseous inflammable hydrocarbon CH4 marsh gas It is the simplest of the aliphatic hydrocarbons See Marsh gas under Gas...
Sea lavender
See Marsh rosemary under Marsh...
Last Court
Last Court, a Court held by the twenty four jurats in the marshes of Kent, and summoned by the bailiffs, whereby orders are made to lay and levy taxes, impose penalties, etc., for the preservation of the said marshes....
Cinque Ports
Five English ports to which peculiar privileges were anciently accorded viz Hastings Romney Hythe Dover and Sandwich afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea Rye and some minor places...
bogbean
a perennial plant of Europe and America Menyanthes trifoliata having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves often rooting at the water margin and spreading across the surface called also bog myrtle water shamrock and marsh trefoil...
buckbean
A perennial plant Menyanthes trifoliata of Europe and America which grows in moist and boggy places having racemes of white reddish or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves sometimes used in medicine marsh trefoil called also bog bean It often roots at the water margin and spreads across the surface...
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