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Murorum operatio

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A feudal service for the repair of walls or; fortifications. See Murage.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat. The service of work and labor done by inhabitants and adjoining tenants in building or repairing the walls of a city or castle; their personal service was commuted into murage, (q. v.) Cowell.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

The service the walls of a city or castle; their personal service was commuted into murage, (gq. t.) Cowell.

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

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

I. The service of repairing castle walls or city walls; which was commuted into a money payment by the tenants, called murage; which name was also given to a toll for the same purpose, taken of every cart or horse passing through the town.