 The court-leet, or view of frankpledge,(x) which is a court of record, held once in the year, and not oftener,(^) within a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet: being the king's court, granted by charter to the lords...  A dictionary of hygiene and public health - Page 329by Alexander Wynter Blyth - 1876Full view - About this book
 | 1890 - 1208 lehte
...sureties." The court of frank-pledge, or court-leet, is a court of record held once in the year, ana not oftener, within a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the Jeet; being the king'scourt granted by charter to the lords of those hundreds or manors. All freeholders... | |
 | Thomas Arnold Herbert - 1891 - 244 lehte
...Blackstone, 4 Com/men. 273 stating that the Court Leet is a King's Court. His account is as follows : "The Court Leet or view of frankpledge is a Court,...Steward of the leet, being the king's Court granted by Charter to the Lords of those hundreds or Manors. Its original intent was to view the frankpledges,... | |
 | 1892 - 438 lehte
...the Sheriff, was taken, — The Court Leet, or View nf Frank Pledge, which is a court appointed to be held once in the year and not oftener, within a particular...lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet. Its original intent was to view the frank pledges, that is, the freemen within the liberty, who were... | |
 | John Selden - 1892 - 328 lehte
...oath of allegiance in court-leets] ' The court-leet ... is a court of record, held once in the year, within a particular hundred, lordship or manor, before...steward of the leet ; being the king's court granted by charter to the lords of those hundreds or manors. ... It was also anciently the custom to summon all... | |
 | William Blackstone, William Cyrus Sprague - 1893 - 558 lehte
...the sheriff was it taken. COl'RT-LKKT. 10. The courl-leet, or view of frankpledye, which is a I'ourt of record, held once in the year, and not oftener,...steward of the leet: being the king's court, granted by charter to the lords of those hundreds or manors. ( HI 1П OF COKONKKN. 11. The court of the coroners... | |
 | 1897 - 814 lehte
...Court of Frank-pledge, or Court-led, in English usage, is a court of record held once in the year, within a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before....steward of the leet: being the king's court granted by charter to the lords of those hundreds or manors. All freeholders resident in the jurisdiction are... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1898 - 958 lehte
...some hundred and tithing, as well as of providing sureties." The court of frank-pledge, or court-leet, is a court of record held once in the year, and not...steward of the leet ; being the king's court granted by charter to the lords of those hundreds or manors. All freeholders resident in the jurisdiction are... | |
 | William Blackstone, William Cyrus Sprague - 1899 - 570 lehte
...the ease of the sheriff, was it taken. Court-Leet. 10. The court-leet, or view of frankpledge, which is a court of record, held once in the year, and not...steward of the leet : being the king's court, granted by charter to the lords of those hundreds or manors. Court of Coroner. 1i. The court of the coroner is... | |
 | 1899 - 810 lehte
...Stephen's ' Commentary,' — " a court of record, appointed to be held once in the year and not oftener, before the steward of the leet, being the King's Court granted by charter to the lords of those hundreds or manors whose original intent was to view the frank pledges,... | |
 | Walter A. Shumaker, George Foster Longsdorf - 1901 - 1016 lehte
...ctiria letae, the court of the leet). A court of record in England, held once or twice in every year within a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet, for the preservation of the peace, and the punishment of all trivial misdemeanors. Kitch. Cts. Its... | |
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