Terrier

In English law. A roll, catalogue, or survey of lands, belonging either to a single person or a town, in which are stated the quantity of acres, the names of the tenants, and the like. By the ecclesiastical law, an inquiry is directed to be made from time to time of the temporal rights of the clergyman of every parish, and to be returned into the registry of the bishop. This return is denominated a "terrier." 1 Phil. Ev. 602, 603. TERRIS BONIS ET CATALLIS REHAbendis pos-t purgationem. A writ for a clerk to recover his lands, goods, and chattels, cused, and delivered to his ordinary to be purged. Reg. Orig. TERRIS ET CATALLIS TENTIS ULTRA debitum levatum. A judicial writ for the restoring of lands or goods to a debtor who is distrained above the amount of the debt. Reg. Jud.

In English Law. A roll, cata- uf’rs Ass’n, 60 Fed. 428. Parliament “may logue, or survey of lands, belouging either to extend the realm how far soever it may a single person or a town, in which are stat- please;” 2 Ex. D. 152. Under the Behring ed the quantity of acres, the names of the Sea Arbitration, it was decided that the tenants, and the like. It may be an ancient United States cannot protect seals in the open document; 12 M. & W. 205. sea beyond the three-mile limit. One of the old records in the office of the It would not be unreasonable for the Unitrecorder of deeds of Philadelphia County is ed States to assume control of the waters on still called the Germantown Terrier. In it the coast included within distant headlands, will be found the Latin Dedication of Pas- as from Cape Ann to Cape Cod, Nantucket torius, quoted by Whittier in the Pennsyl- to Montauk Point, and from the latter to the vania Pilgrim. Capes of the Delaware; 1 Kent 30. By the ecclesiastical law, an inquiry is “As between nations, the minimum limit directed to be made from time to time of of the territorial jurisdiction of a nation the temporal rights of the clergymen of every parish, and to be returned into the over tide waters is a marine league from reg- the coast, and bays wholly within its terriistry of the bishop: this return is denominated a terrier. 1 Phill. Ev. 602. tory which do not exceed two marine leagues at the mouth are within this limit.” Man-

In English law. A register, or survey of lands; a book or roll in which the several lands, either of a person or of a corporation, are described, with the quantity, boundai'ies, tenants' names, etc.

' In old English law, a landroll, or survey of lands, containing the number of acres, tenants' names, etc. 8 Also, a detailed statement or inventory of the temporal possessions of the church.' 1 See 2 Bl. Com. 504; 4 Kent, 413. ' [2 Bl. Com. 144: Coke, Litt. 46. ' 3 Bl, Com. 109; 17 How. 145; Baldw. 139; 57 Cal.497; 2 Hill (N. Y.), 500. • See 2 Bl. Com. 01, 328. 'Carpenter v. Koons, 20 Pa. 226 (1852), Black, C. J.; Nailer v. Stanley, 10 S. & B. 463 (1823); 13 W. N. C. 502; 31 Leg. Int. 257; 1 Johns. Ch. 447; 5 id. 235. 'See Cahoon v. Hollenbeck, 16 S. & R. 424(1826); Colwell V. Easley, 83 Pa. 81 (1876); Penn. Act 1 June, 1887. ' F.: L. L. terrarius liber, land book. la

A land-roll, or survey of lands, either of a single person or of a town, containing the quantity of acres, tenants' names, and such Uke; and in the exchequer there Is a terrier of all the glebe lands in England, made about 11 Edw. in. Tondins. In general, an ecclesiastical terrier contains a detail of the temporal possessions of the church in every parish. Cowel.

Engl. law. A roll, catalogue or survey of lands, be- —_——_—»_ longing either to a single person or a town, in which are stated the quantity of acres, the names of the tenants, and the like.