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

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

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In old English law

Bondmen; servile tenants. communication of execution of subject him to its operation; delivery of a pleading, notice, or other paper to the adverse party to a suit so as legally to charge him with its effect In Scots law. The inquisition or verdict of a jury, by which the character of an heir is judicially established. In feudal and old English law. The duty which a tenant, in virtue of his fee, owed to the lord.