Centena
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
(Law Lat. from centum, a hundred). A hundred; a district or division containing originally a hundred freemen, established among the Goths, Germans, Franks, and Lombards, for military and civil purposes, and answering to the Saxon hundred. Spelman; 1 Bl. Comm. 115; Esprit des Lois, liv. 30, c. 17. The Saxon division is also sometimes called centena, but is more commonly rendered in law Latin, hundredum, or hundredus. Spelman. See "Hundred;" "Centenarius;" "Centeni." — I
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
See Hundred. CENTESIMA (Lat. centum). In Roman Law. The hundredth part. Usurice centesimce. Twelve per cent, per annum; that, is, a hundredth part of the principal was due each month, — the month being the unit of time for which the Romans reckoned interest. 2 Bla. Com. 462, n.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Abhundred. A district or givision containing originally a hundred freemen established among the Goths, Germans, Franks, and Lombards, for military and civil purposes, and answering to the Saxon “hundred.” Spelman; 1 Bl. Comm, 115, Also, in old records and pleadings, a hundred weight. CENTENARII Petty judges, undersheriits of counties, that had rule of a hundred, (centerna,) and judged smaller matters among them. 1 Vent. 211.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. [from centum, a hundred.] A hundred. A district or division containing originally a hundred freemen, established among the Goths, Germans, Franks and Lombards, for military and civil purposes, and answering to the Saxon hundred. Spelman. 1 Bl. Com. 115. Esprit des Lois, liv. 30, c. 17. The Saxon division is also sometimes called centena, but is more commonly rendered in law Latin, hundredum, or hundredus. Spelman, ubi sup. See Hundred, Hundredum, Centenarius, Centeni.