Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
special bailiffs — Mean persons employed by sheriffs to aid bailiffs of hundreds and to serve writs and executions and make arrests. See 1 Bl Comm 345 … Ballentine's law dictionary
bailiff — A court officer or attendant who has charge of a court session in the matter of keeping order, custody of the jury, and custody of prisoners while in the court. One to whom some authority, care, guardianship, or jurisdiction is delivered,… … Black's law dictionary
bailiff — A court officer or attendant who has charge of a court session in the matter of keeping order, custody of the jury, and custody of prisoners while in the court. One to whom some authority, care, guardianship, or jurisdiction is delivered,… … Black's law dictionary
hundred — The round number of ten times ten. A superior division made up of ten towns or tithings, which, in turn, were each composed of ten families of freeholders. In some of the more northern counties these hundreds were called wapentakes. See 1 Bl Comm … Ballentine's law dictionary
field-ale — field ale, or filkdale /fiyldeyl/ An ancient custom in England, by which officers of the forest and bailiffs of hundreds had the right to compel the hundred to furnish them with ale … Black's law dictionary
filkdale — field ale, or filkdale /fiyldeyl/ An ancient custom in England, by which officers of the forest and bailiffs of hundreds had the right to compel the hundred to furnish them with ale … Black's law dictionary
field-ale — field ale, or filkdale /fiyldeyl/ An ancient custom in England, by which officers of the forest and bailiffs of hundreds had the right to compel the hundred to furnish them with ale … Black's law dictionary
filkdale — field ale, or filkdale /fiyldeyl/ An ancient custom in England, by which officers of the forest and bailiffs of hundreds had the right to compel the hundred to furnish them with ale … Black's law dictionary
puture — ˈpyüchə(r) noun ( s) Etymology: Anglo French, food, from Old French pouture, from pou, pouls porridge more at pulse English law : the customary right … Useful english dictionary
France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… … Universalium
