Munera
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The name given to grants made in the early feudal ages, which were merely tenancies at, will, or during the pleasure of the grantor. Dalr. Feud. Prop. 198, 199; Wright, Ten. 19. MUNICEPS (Lat. from munus, office, and capere, to take).
In Roman law. Eligible to office. A freeman born in a municipality or town other than Rome, who had come to Rome, and, though a Roman citizen, yet was looked down upon as a provincial, and not allowed to hold the higher offices (dignitates.) The inhabitants of a municipality entitled to hold municipal offices. Vocat; Calv. Lex.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Inthe early ages of the fendal law, this was the name given to the grants of land made by a king or chieftain to his followers, which were held by no certain tenure, but merely at the will of the lord. Afterwards they became life-estates, and then hereditary, and were called first “benefices, * and then “feuds.” See Wright, Ten. 19.