Thane
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In Saxon Law. A word which sometimes signifies a nobleman, at others a freeman, a magistrate, an officer, or minister. A tenant of the part of the king’s lands called the king’s “thaneage.” Terrnes de la Ley. In later Anglo-Saxon days it became the general name for the higher classes of society, and among them were many different degrees.
2 Holdsw. Hist E. L. 29.
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