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Folc-Land

A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

folkland, sax. in Saxo% law. Land of the people or public; so called either because usually distributed among the common people, or because it was the property of the whole community, or because it was held by common right Folcmote, folkmote, folcgemote: a meeting of the people; a general assembly of the people, to consider and order matters of the commonwealth; an assembly of the people or freeholders of a county or county court; an assembly of the inhabitants of a city or borough, or city court Folcright, folkright: common right; that which is equally the right of all.