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Ale silver
unknown · 78% connection
A duty payable to the lord mayor of London by the sellers of ale within the city.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: court, formerly, held, several, cities.
Antelucan
adjective · 78% connection
Held or being before light; -- a word applied to assemblies of Christians, in ancient times of persecution, held before light in the m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: court, formerly, held, several, cities.
Appeal
noun · 78% connection
(law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decis…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: court, formerly, held, several, cities.
Appearance
noun · 78% connection
The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, ei…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: court, formerly, held, several, cities.
Ayuntamiento
noun · 78% connection
In Spain and Spanish America, a corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns, corresponding to mayor and aldermen.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: court, formerly, held, several, cities.
Bank
noun · 78% connection
The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: court, formerly, held, several, cities.
Barmote
noun · 78% connection
A court held in Derbyshire, in England, for deciding controversies between miners.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: court, formerly, held, several, cities.
Base
adjective · 78% connection
Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: court, formerly, held, several, cities.
Burgomaster
noun · 78% connection
A chief magistrate of a municipal town in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, corresponding to mayor in England and the United States; a b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: court, formerly, held, several, cities.
Chancery
noun · 78% connection
In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: court, formerly, held, several, cities.
Com-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: court, formerly, held, several, cities.
Confine
verb · 78% connection
to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trai…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: court, formerly, held, several, cities.
Constrain
verb · 78% connection
to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trai…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: court, formerly, held, several, cities.
Copyhold
noun · 78% connection
A tenure of estate by copy of court roll; or a tenure for which the tenant has nothing to show, except the rolls made by the steward o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: court, formerly, held, several, cities.
Ex-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix from the latin preposition, ex, akin to Gr. 'ex or 'ek signifying out of, out, proceeding from. Hence, in composition, it sig…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: court, formerly, held, several, cities.
Feud
noun · 78% connection
A stipendiary estate in land, held of superior, by service; the right which a vassal or tenant had to the lands or other immovable thi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: court, formerly, held, several, cities.
Flat-cap
noun · 78% connection
A kind of low-crowned cap formerly worn by all classes in England, and continued in London after disuse elsewhere; -- hence, a citizen…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: court, formerly, held, several, cities.
Folkland
noun · 78% connection
Land held in villenage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and resumed at his disc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: court, formerly, held, several, cities.
