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
| Joshua Williams - 1880 - 448 lehte
...hold a Court leet. The Court leet. Court leet is thus described by Blackstone in his Commentaries (b), "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,... | |
| 1881 - 726 lehte
...once in the year, and no t of teuer (Mirror, oh. 1, вес. 10, i v.. Institutes 261, Hawkins PC 72), within a particular hundred, lordship, or manor before the steward of the leer, being the king's court granted by charter to the lords of those hundre U or mam» s. These court... | |
| Henry Gilbert Rawson - 1882 - 276 lehte
...courtleet. It generally assembles but once in the year. Court-Leet, a court of record, held once a year within a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before...steward of the leet, being the King's Court granted by a charter to the lords of those hundreds or manors. Courts-martial, courts for the trial of military... | |
| Albert Gibson - 1882 - 476 lehte
...considered, namely— VIII. THE COURT LEET, OR VIEW OF FRANK PLEDGE.—A Court of Record held once a year within a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet. The business of these Courts gradually fell into disuse, and has, in late years, been almost entirely... | |
| William Thomas Roberts Saffell - 1882 - 314 lehte
...disputes concerning property among the tenants. 5. A court-leet was a court of record held once in a year within a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet. It was the king's court, granted by charter to the lords of those hundreds or manors. The original... | |
| Henry John Stephen, James Stephen - 1883 - 734 lehte
...The Court Leet, or View of Frank Pledge ((!} ; which, also, was a court of record, appointed to be held once in the year and not oftener, within a particular...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 frank pledges,... | |
| John Jane Smith Wharton - 1883 - 908 lehte
...Court has long since fallen into desuetude. It is a court of record appointed to be held once a 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. Its original intent was to view the frank pledges,... | |
| Richard Hallilay - 1884 - 678 lehte
...manor : (3 St. C. 281, 8th edit.) A court leet is a court of record held once or twice in every year within a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet, for the preservation of peace, and the chastisement of divers minute offences : (4 Bl. C. 273.) Q.—Describe... | |
| Robert Gibbs (of Aylesbury, Eng.) - 1885 - 716 lehte
...is coeval with the establishment of the Saxons here. It was formerly held once or twice in the year, within a particular Hundred, Lordship, or Manor, before the steward of the Leet, and was for the preservation of the peace and the infliction of fines for minute offences committed... | |
| John Jane Smith Wharton, John Mounteney Lely - 1889 - 800 lehte
...purposes it has long since fallen into desuetude. It is a court of record appointed to be held once a year within a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before...steward of the leet, being the King's Court granted by chnrter to the lords of those hundreds or manors. Its original intent was to view the frank pledges,... | |
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