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Alsatia
Alsatia, formerly a cant name for Whitefriars, a district in London between the Thames and Fleet Street, and adjoining the Temple, which, possessing certain privileges of sanctuary, became for that reason a
Canal boats
within a county or borough. Canal boat means any vessel used for the conveyance of goods except registered Thames barges, registered seagoing ships and pleasure vessels. The (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (23 & 24
Circuits
Circuits (seven eight formerly), certain divisions of England and Wales, appointed for the judges to go formerly twice a year, in the respective vacations after Hilary and Trinity terms, but more recently oftener, and at no...
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Curia cursus aqu'
lord of the manor of Gravesend for the better management of barges and boats plying on the River Thames between Gravesend and Windsor, and also at Gravesend Bridge, etc., 2 Geo. 2, c. 26.
Tinkermen
Tinkermen, fishermen who destroyed the young fry in the river Thames by nets and unlawful engines.
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