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Caruca

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A plough.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A plow. A four-wheeled car-

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

carua, 1. I.

In old English law. A plough. Carnca boom: a plough of oxen, that is, drawn by a pair of oxen.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

or CARUA. A plow.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. [See Carua^ In old English law. A plough. Magna Charta, c. 5. Bract, fol. 40. Spelman, voc. Carua. The same as soca, Litt, sect. 119. A car or cart, {carruca.) Towns. PI. 198, 239, 59. 1 Ld. Raym, 15, But this is rather the classical meaning. Spelman, voc. Carua, Sueton. Nero, 30. Carucagium; carucage, carnage, or carvage. See Carucare.