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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

The seignory of a lord paramount.

2 Bla. Com. 91.

In Domesday Book, the complex of landed property and rights combined in one person and perpetuated as a unit after the original holder has given place to others. Later, great fiefs created for well-known men; also the capital manor of a locality, Vinogradoff, Engl. Soc. 348.