Seigniory - Law Dictionary Search Results

Mortmain

of forfeiture to the lord, the fruits of whose feudal seigniory (the great hinge of government in those days) were thus

Honour, a seigniory of several manors held under one baron or lord paramount;

happen], a species of reversion; it is a fruit of seigniory, the Crown or lord of the fee, from whom or

Earldom, the seigniory of an earl; the title and dignity of an earl.

fifty villages, Stat. Wallial, 12 Edw. 1. Also a great seigniory or lordship, and may include one or divers manors, Co.

Same as Seigniory

The power or authority of a lord dominion

The province or seigniory of a palatine the dignity of a palatine

The seigniory dignity or lordship of a marquis the territory governed by

lords of certain manors to judge thieves taken within the seigniory of such lords