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Abishersing

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Quit of amercements. It originally signified a forfeiture or amercement, and is more properly Tnishering, mishersing, or miskering, according to Spelman. It has since been termed a liberty of freedom, because, wherever this word is used in a grant, the persons to whom the grant is made have the forfeitures and amercements of all others, and are themselves free from the control of any within their fee. ABJUDICATIO (Lat. abjudicare). A removal from court. Calv. Lex. It has the same signification as foris judicatio, both in the civil and canon law. Co. Litt. 100b; Calv. Lex. ABJURATION (Lat. abjuratio, from abjurare, to abjure, to forswear or renounce on oath). A renunciation of allegiance, upon