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Centenarii

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Burrill (1850)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Petty judges, under-sheriffs of counties, that had rule of a hundred, (centena,) and judged smaller matters among them. 1 Vent. 211.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. [plur. of centenarius, q. v.] In old English Sflish law. The freeholders of a hundred; {liheri tenetites qui in centena degunt:) hundredors. Spelman, voc. Centena,