Corody

An allowance of meat, drink, money, clothing, lodging, and such like necessaries for sustenance. 1 Bl. Comm. 282; 1 Chit. Prac. 225. An allowance from an abbey or house of religion, to one of the king's servants who dwells therein, of meat and other sustenance. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 230. An assize law for a corody. Cowell. Corodies are now obsolete. Coke, 2d Inst. 630; 2 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 40.

Inold Englishlaw. A sum of money or allowance of meat, drink, and clothing due to the crown from the abbey or other religious louse, whereof it was founder, towards the sustentation of such one of its servants as is thought fit to receive it. It differs from a pension, in that it was allowed towards the maintenance of any of the king’s servants in an abbey; a pension being given to one of the king’s chaplains, for his better maintenance, till he may be provided with a benefice. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 250. See 1 Bl. Comm. 283.

See Pension, 3.

Corrodf/. [L. Lat. corodium, corrodium.l In old English law. A right of sustenance; or a right to receive certain allotments of victual and provision for one's maintenance. Finch, Law, 162. 2 BL Com. 40. — An allowance of food, and sometimes of other necessaries, which a person was entitled to, for life, years or in fee, and usually from a religious house. It belonged to the founders of these houses of common right, (unless the foundation was in frankalmoign,) and in this way became frequently due to the king.* Spelman. Termes de la ley. It was a species of incorporeal hereditament, but is now obsolete. 2 BL Com. 40. 1 Id. 283. 2 InsL 630. 1 Crabb's Real Prop. 262, § 259. Crabb's Mist. Eng. Law, 252.

tncorporeal hereditament, is an allowance of meat, drink, money, clothing, lodging, and such like necessaries for sustenance. 1 Bl. Com. 283; 1 Ch. Pr. 225.