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Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
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A tribute paid by the counties of England to some^ border from the depredations of the Scotch troopers.
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Black rents: rents or labor, as distinguished from ■white