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Manorial term of the day carucate
Manorial term of the day – carucate a unit of taxation in northern and eastern counties, equivalent to the hide, notionally comprising 120 acres.
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Manorial term of the day – charter a legal document recording the grant of land or privileges.
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Manorial term of the day – chevage annual payment to the manorial lord permitting a villein to live outside the manor.
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Manorial term of the day – childwyte fine paid to the manorial lord when a villein gave birth outside of wedlock.
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Manorial term of the day – common land land over which tenants and perhaps villagers possessed certain rights; such as to graze animals and collect fuel.
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Manorial term of the day – compurgation the process of swearing innocence or good character on oath in court by the accused, with perhaps the support of six or twelve other oathmakers; also known as waging law.
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Manorial Counsel Limited – Croft an enclosed plot of land, often adjacent to a dwelling house.
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Manorial term of the day – Custom a framework of local practices, rules and / or experiences pertaining to various economic or social activities.
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Manorial term of the day – customary tenure defined in the courts of common law as unfree tenure, whose obligations and terms were determined and enforced in the manor court; also known as villein tenure.
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Manorial term of the day – default failure to fulfill a requirement laid down by a court.
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