| abstract of title |
summary of facts
concerning ownership |
| bailiwick |
jurisdiction of a bailiff |
| breathed |
sometimes used in baptism registers to indicate birth date |
| copyhold |
a
species of estate or right of holding land, according to the custom of a
manor, by copy of the roll originally made by the steward of the lord's court |
| court-baron |
assembly
of freehold tenants of manor under a lord |
| court-leet |
a
court of record held in a manor before the lord or his steward |
| deforce |
keep out of possession by force |
| engross |
to write in legal form; etc. |
| farmer |
one who collects taxes etc in exchange for a fixed payment; one who
farms land |
| feet of fines |
duplicate
copies of agreements relating to land transactions kept by the King's Justices |
| feoffment |
the
gift of a fief |
| fief |
land held in fee or on condition of military service |
| fine |
a final settlement |
| husbandman |
often, a tenant
farmer as distinct from a yeoman; one who labours in tillage |
| inquisition post mortem |
inquiry into the possessions
of a deceased person who held land belonging to the crown |
| intack, intake |
a tract of land
enclosed |
| lease and release |
|
| livery of seisin |
delivery of possession |
| messuage |
a dwelling
and offices with the adjoining lands appropriated to the household |
|
quit-claim |
a
deed of relinquishment of claim or title |
|
release |
quit-claim |
| socage |
tenure of lands by service fixed and determinate in quality |
| statesman |
one who farms his own estate, a small landowner |
| yeoman |
one of a class of small farmers, commonly freeholders, the grade
next below gentleman; a man of small estate, any small farmer or countryman
above the grade of labourer |
