Reveland

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Abbott (1879)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

In Domesday Book we find land put down as "thane lands," which were afterwards converted into reve lands, i. e., such lands as, having reverted to the king upon death of his thane, who had it for life, were not since granted out to any by the king, but vested in charge upon account of the reve or bailiff of the manor. Spelman, Feuds, c. 24. Coke was mistaken in thinking it was land held in socage.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In Domesday Book we find land put down as thane-lands, which were afterwards converted into revelands, i c. such lands as, having reverted to the king upon death of his thane, who had it for life, were not since granted out to any by the king, but vested in charge upon account of the reve or bailiff of the manor. Spelm. Feuds, c. 24. It seems pretty clear that reeveland is, properly, land attributed to the sheriff while exercising his duty, in fact, a kind of office-endowment. Vinogradoff, English Society 272. Rev eland, according to Maitl. Domesd. Book 1G9, is obscure.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The land which in Domesday is said to have been "thane-land," and afterwards converted into "reveland." It scorns to have bcen land which, having reverted to the king after the death of the thane, who had it for Ilfe, was not granted out to any by the king, but rested in charge upon the account of the reve or bailiff of the manor. Spel. Feuds, c. 24.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

Such land as, having reverted to the king after the death of his thane, who had it for life, was not afterwards granted out to any other person by the king, but remained in charge on the account of the reve or bailiff of the manor, who, it seems, usually kept the profit of it himself, till it was discovered and presented to the king. (Domesday; Spelm. Feuds.) Broom.