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Manse

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

Habitation; fa,rm and land. Spelman. Parsonage or vicarage house. Paed. Airt. 431; Jacob. So in Scotland. Bell, Diet.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A dwelling.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Habitation; farm and land. Spt^man, Gloss. Parsonage or vicarage house. Paroch. Antiq. 431; Jacob, Law Diet. So in Scotland. Bell, Diet MANSI 0. In Anglo-Saxon times the amount of land which would support a man and his family, called by various names: Mansio, familia, hide. 2 Holdsw. Hist B. L. 54.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In old English law. A habitation or dwelling, generally with land attached. Spelman. A residence or dwelling-house for thepar-lah priest; a parsonage or vicarage house. Cowell. Still used in Scotch law in this sense.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In old English law. A habitation or dwelling, generally with land attached; a residence or dwelling-house for the parish priest The word is still used in the latter sense in Scotland.