Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
  • Ballentine's Law Dictionary

    The lord’s right to sleep and eat at the tenant’s house.

  • Ballentine's Law Dictionary

    (Irish) An old custom by which the lord of the manor might feast at a tenant’s house.

  • Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

    In old English law. A feudal prerogative or custom for lords to lie and feast themselves at their tenants' houses. Cowell.