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

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

A measure of wine or' oil, containing four hogsheads. TUNGREVE (Saxon tungaraeva, i._ e., v Ulae praepositus). A reeve or bailiff. Spelman; Gowell. One who in estates, which we call "'manors," sustains the character of master, and in his stead disposes and arranges every- ■ thing. Qui in villis (quae dieimus maneriis) domini personam sustinet, ejusque vice omrnia disponit atque moderatur. TURBA (Lat.) In the civil law. A multitude; a crowd or mob; a tumultuous assembly of persons. Said to consist of ten or fifteen at the least.

Dig. 47. 8. 4. 2. 3.; Galv. Lex.