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Cantred

Defined in 7 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

(Welsh) A district; a hundred.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A hundred, a district conin the same sense as hundred in England. Cowell; Termes de la Ley.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A district comprising a hundred villages; a hundred. A term used in Wales in the same sense as "hundred" is in England. Cowell; Termes de la Ley.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

cantref, cantrep, kantref. In old records. A district containing a hundred villages; a hundred. In Wales, the counties were divided into cantreds, as in England into hundreds.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A district comprising a huniired villages; a hundred. A term used Rt

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

In Wales, a hundred.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Cantref, Cantrep, Kantref. [L. Lat. cantredus, cantaredus; from Brit. cant, a hundred, and tre, a town.] A district containing a hundred villages; a hundred. Spelman, voc. Cantredus* In Wales, the counties were divided into cantreds, as in England into hundreds. Cowell, voce. Cantred, Falco, Termes de la ley. Blount, voc. Kantref.