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Fald-fee
Fald-fee, a composition paid anciently by tenants for the privilege of faldge, Cowel.
Drince-lean, or drink-lean
Drince-lean, or drink-lean, a contribution from tenants in the time of the Saxons towards a potation, or ale provided to entertain the lord or his
Cervisarii
Cervisarii [fr. Cerevisia, Lat., ale], tenants who paid a duty called by the Saxons drinclean, i.e., retributio potus, Domesday.
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Cottier tenure
Cottier tenure, one where a labourer makes his contract for land without the intervenion of a capitalist farmer, and where the conditions of the contract, especially the amountof rent, are determined not by custom but by...
Charter-land
It in effect difers nothing from the free socage lands, and hence have arisen most of the freehold tenants, who hold of particular manors, and owe suit and servie to the same, 2 Bl. Com. 90.
Church-scot
paid to the parish priest; from which duties the religious sometimes purchased an exemption for themselves and their tenants.
Commonance
Commonance the commoners, or tenants and inhabitants, who have the right of common or commoning in open field.
Conditional fee
to A. and his heirs-- (1) Peers of the realm; (2) Lords of the manor of Blackacre; (3) Tenants of the manor of Dale; (4) During the time whilst a particular tree shall stand; (5) Till the
Confusion of boundaries
an interest to bring a suit to have the boundaries between them settled; and this, whether they were tenants for years, usufructuar-ies, mortgagees, or proprietors. The action was called actio finium regundorum; and if the possession were
Contributione facienda
Contributione facienda, a writ where tenants in common were bound to do some act, and one was put to the whole burthen, to compel
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