Render
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
To give up; to yield; to surrender. Also, to paj' or perform; as to render homage or rent. There are certain things in a manor which lie in prender, that is, which may be taken by the lord or his officers when they happen, without any offer made by the tenant, such as escheats, &c.; and certain which lie in render, i.e. must be rendered or answered by the tenant. Jacob. In feudal law, render was used in connection with rents and heriots. Goods subject to rent or heriot-service were said to lie in render, when the lord might not only seize the identical goods, but may also digtrain for them.
Cowel.