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Kirby's Quest

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Stimson (1881), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

An ancient record remaining with the remembrancer of the English exchequer. So called from being the inquest of John de Kirby, treasurer to Edward I.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A record of English surveys made under Edward I.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In English law. An ancient record remaining with the remembrancer of the exchequer, being an inquisition or survey of all the lands in England, taken in the reign of Edward I. by John de Kirby, his treasurer. Blount; Cowell.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

The record of a survey of land made in the reign of Edward I.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

An ancient record remaining with the remembrancer of the English Exchequer, called from being the inquest of John De Kirby, treasurer to Edw. I.