Mercen-Lage
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The law of the Mercians. One of the three principal systems of laws which prevailed in England about the beginning of the eleventh century. It was observed in many of the midland counties, and those bordering on the principality of Wales. 1 Bl, Comm. 65.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The law of the Mercians. One of the three principal systems of laws which prevailed in England about the beginning of the eleventh century. It was observed in many of the midland counties, MERGES (Lat). In Civil Law. Reward of labor in money or other things. As distinguished from pensio, it means the rent of farms {prwdia ruatica). Calvinus, Lex.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Merchen-lage, Merclien-lae, sax. of the Mercians; one of the three principal prevailed in England, in the times of the was observed in many of the midland counties, the Welsh border.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The law of the Mercians. One of the three principal systems of laws which prevailed in England about the and those bordering on the principality of Wales, 1 Bl. Comm. 65.