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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

A liberty or privilege in the ancient common law, whereby a lord was enabled to call any man dwelling in his manor, and taken for felony in another place out of his fee, to judgment in his own court. Du Cange.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A thief taken outside the manor; a tenant arrested for larceny within a manor.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A liberty or privilege in the ancient common law, whereby a lord was enabled to call any man dwelling in his manor, and token for felony in another place out of his fee, to judgment in his own court. Du Cange.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A liberty or privilege inthe ancient common law, whereby a lord was enabled to call any man dwelling in his manor, and taken for felony in another place out of his fee, to judgment in his own court. Du Cange.