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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In English law
Books compiled by the heralds, when progresses were solemnly and regniarly made into every part of the kingdom, to inquire into the state of families, and to register such marriages and descents as were verified to them upon oath; they were allowed to be good evidence of pedigree.
3 Bl. Comm. 105; 3 Steph. Comm. 724.