Cenning
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. [from Sax. cen. nung, knowledge.] In Saxon law. Notice given by a buyer to a seller, that the thing sold was claimed by another, that he misht appear and justify the sale. Add. ad Leg, Incs MS. apud Spelman.