Cant
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In the civil law. A judicial sale at the request of tenants in common for the purpose of dividing the property.
See 9 Mart. (La.) 87.
CANT EL (Law Lat. eantellum velut quarotillum).
In old English law
That which is added above measure; heaped measure. Spelman; Blount. in the same sense as "hundred" in England. Cowell; Termes de la Ley. CANUM (Law Lat. from Celt, can, chart, or kmn, a head). In old Scotch law. A tribute or duty paid by the tenant of land to the lord, especially to ecclesiastical superiors. According to Skene, it was payable either in the produce of the land, or in money. Skene de Verb. Sign. But it seems to have been generally paid in produce, such as wheat, oats, poultry, etc. The Scotch word was cane or kain; and the expressions "cane fowls," "cane cheese," "cane oats" are frequently made use of.
See Kain.