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Ordeffe

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

A liberty whereby one claims ore found on his own land. ORDENAMIENTO (Spanish).

In Spanish law. An order emanating from the sovereign, and differing from a cedula only in form, and in the mode of its promulgation. Schmidt, Civ. Law, Introd. 93, note. ORDENAMIENTO DE ALCALA (Spanish). A collection of Spanish law, promulgated by the Cortes in the year 1348. Schmidt, Civ. Law, Introd. 75.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

or ORDELFE. A liberty whereby a man claims the ore found in his own land; also, the ore lying under land. Cowell.