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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

fr.

1.

Lordship, seigniory.

2.

Lands held absolutely, or used directly, by the lord, as distinguished from lands held by a superior lord; bordlands, not lands demised to tenants.

3.

Own, original.

Denii,/r.

Half. Demi-sangue: half-blood.