Cornage
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A species of tenure in England, by which the tenant was bound to blow a horn for the sake of alarming the country on the approach of an enemy. Bac. Abr. "Tenure" (N).
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A species of tenure in laud, by which the tenant was bound to blow a horn for the sake of alarming the country on the approach of an enemy. Bac. Abr. Tenure (N.J.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In old English law. Service of the horn; a kind of tenure in grand serjeanty, the service of which was to blow a horn, to alarm the country when an invasion by the northern enemy was perceived. '
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Aspecies of tenure in England, by which the tenant was bound to blow ahorn for the sake of alarming the country on the approach of an enemy. It was 2 speties of grand serjeanty. Bac, Abr. “Tenure,” N.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Tenure by winding an alarm-horn; a species of grand
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[L. Lat. cornagium, from corn Uf a horn.] In old English law. Service of the horn. A kind of tenure in grand serjeanty, the service of which was to blow a horn, when any invasion of the northern enemy [the Scots,] was perceived, [in order to alarm the country.] Termes de la ley. This was a common tenure in the marches of Scotland. Litt. sect. 156. Co. Litt. 107 a. 2 Bl. Com. 14. Camd. Brit. 609.