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Magna Carta
to assizes, and provides that:-'Assizes of novel disseisin and of mortdauncestor shall not be taken but in the shires, and after this manner; if we be out of this realm, our chief, justicers shall send our justices
Schirrens-geld
Schirrens-geld [fr. shiregeld, Sax.], a tax paid to sheriffs for keeping the shire or county Court.
Westminster the First, Statute of
freeholders in the county Court, and attempts had been made to influence the election of knights of the shire, from the time when they were instituted. It contains a declaration to enforce the enactment of Magna Charta
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Wapentake, or Wapentachium
Wapentake, or Wapentachium, synonymous with 'hundred' in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Nottingham-shire, Derbyshire, Rutland, and Leicestershire; the term is said to be derived from recognition of the local magistrate by touching his arms, but this is very questionable,...
Turn, or Tourn
sheriff's tourn, and it had its name originally from the sheriff making a turn of circuit about his shire, and holding this Court in each respective hundred, 2 Hawk. P.C. c. 10. The tourn, which had long
Trithing
Trithing, the third part of a shire or province; a riding. The county of York is divided into three ridings-East, West, and North.
Solutione feodi militis parliamenti, or Feodi burgensis parliamenti
Solutione feodi militis parliamenti, or Feodi burgensis parliamenti, old writs whereby knights of the shire and burgesses might have recovered their wages if refused, 35 Hen. 8, c. 11.
Soc, Sok, Soka
Soc, Sok, Soka, jurisdiction; a power or privilege to administer justice and execute laws; also a shire, circuit, or territory, See Merttens v. Hill, (1901) 1 Ch 842. See SOKE.
Shiremote
Shiremote, an assembly of the county or the shire at the assizes, etc.
Lath, or lathe
Lath, or lathe, a part of a county. In some counties there is an intermediate division between the shire and the hundred-as lathes in Kent, and rapes in Sussex-each of them containing three or four hundreds or
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