Casatus
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In old European law. A vassal or feudal tenant possessing a casata (q. v.), that is, having a house, household, and property of his own. The cassati embraced both bond and free tenants. Spelman.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A vassal or feudal tenant possessing a casata,; that is, having a house, household, and property of his own.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Cassatus. L. Lat. [from casa, q. v.] A vassal or feudal tenant possessing a casata, (q. v.); that is, having a house, household, and property of his own, {suam fami Uam, suum peculium.) The eeuati, or ca$9ati embraced both bond and free tenants engaged in husbandry, (va^salli colonici.) Spelman, voc. Casa, The oeorls mentioned in the Iftter Anglo- Saxon charters are sometimes so named. Cart. Ofce, A. D. 780. 1 Spence's Chancery, 60, and notes («), (k), ibid.