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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
Head; lord; principal. Chief justice: the oldest, or presiding judge of a court. The chief justice of England is the chief justice of the K. B. Chief lord: the ultimate or highest lord of the fee, of whom the mesne lords held, before Stat.
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A tenant in chief is one holding directly of the chief lord, of the King. Chief rents: quitrents, rents paid by the freeholders of a manor in discharge of all services. the head of a decennary. In chief, tenure in: v.
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Examination in chief: the first examiaation of a witness, as distinguished from cross-examination.