Falcare
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
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In old English law. To mow; to cut Falcare prata: to mow or cut grass in meadows laid in for hay. Falcatio: a mowing. Falcatnra: a day's mowing.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In old English law. To mow. Falcare prata, to mow or cut grass in meadows laid in for hay. A customary service to the lord by his inferior tenants. Jus falcandi, the right of cutting wood. Bract. fol. 231. Falcata, grass fresh mown, and laid in swaths. Falcatio, a mowing. Bract. fols. 356, 230. Falcator, a mower; a servile tenant who performed the labor of mowing. Falcatura, a day's mowing.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
/. To mow, cut. Falcatura: a day's mowing.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. [from falcare, a scythe.] In old English law. To mow. Falcare prata; to mow or cut grass in meadows laid in for hay. A customary service to the lord by his inferior tenants. Kennett's Gloss. Herbam falcare. Reg. Orig. 94. Jus falcandi; the right of cutting wood. Bract. fol. 231. Falcata; grass fresh mown, and laid in swathes. Kennett's Gloss. Falcatio; a mowing. Bract. fol. 35 b, 230. Falcator; a mower; a servile tenant who performed the labor of mowing. Kennett's Gloss. Falcatura; a day's mowing. Id.