Criez La Feez — Law Dictionary

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Rehearse the concord, or peace. A phrase used in the ancient proceedings for levying fines. It was the form of words by which the justice before whom the parties appeared directed the serjeant or countor in attendance to recite or read aloud the concord or agreement between the parties, as to the lands intended to be conveyed. 2 Reeve Hist. Eng. Law, 224, 225; Crabb, Hist. Eng. Law, 179.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Rehearse the concord or peace. A phrase used in the ancient proceedings for levying fines. It was the form of words by which the justice before whom the parties appeared directed the serjeant or counter in attendance to recite or read aloud the concord or agreement between the parties, as to the lands intended to be conveyed. 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 224, 2251

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Fr. Rehearse the concord, or peace. A phrase used in the ancient proceedings for levying fines. It was the form of words by which the justice before whom the parties appeared, directed the Serjeant or countor in attendance to recite or read aloud the concord or agreement between the parties, as to the lands intended to be conveyed. Stat. Modus Levandi Fines, 18 Hdw. I. st. 4. 2 Inst. 510. 2 Beeves' Bist. Eng. Law, 224, 226. Crabb's Hist. 119. See Concord, Countor, Fine.