Cosbering
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In Feudal Law. A prerogative or seignorial right of a lord, as to lie and feast himself and his followers at his tenants' houses. Cowell. whether in or out of contracts, which cannot be fitly termed by any especial name. Called in the civil law Stcllionatua. West Synib. pt.
2, Indictment, § 68; Blount; 4 Bla. Com. 158.
COSINAGE (spelled, also, Cousinage, Cosenage). A writ to recover possession of an estate in lands when a stranger has entered and abated after the death of the grandfather's grandfather or of certain collateral relations.
3 Bla. Com. *18G.
Relationship; affinity.
Stat. 4 Ben. III. cap. 8; 3 Bla. Com. 186; Co. Litt. 160 a.