Composition
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
An agreement, compromise., A real composition: an agreement made between the parson and land-owner, with consent of the ordinary and patron, that certain lands shall be discharged of tithes, for some real recompense given in lieu thereof.