court-baron

A court-leet and view of frank pledge used to be held half-yearly at Easter and Michaelmas, and a court-baron in May.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

"Conditions for Plantations," August 8, 1636, after providing liberally for all who brought emigrants to the colony, he directed that every one thousand acres or greater quantity so given to any adventurer "should be erected into a manor with a court-baron and court-leet to be from time to time held within every such manor respectively."

England in America, 1580-1652 Lyon Gardiner Tyler 1894

Page 21 their own justice or preserved the Proprietors 'peace; even the Assembly was a kind of court-baron to consider the welfare of the colony.

The Constitutional Beginnings of North Carolina (1663-1729) 1894

This property was held under the manor of Rowington: the transfer took place at the court-baron of the manor; and it appears that the Poet was not present at the time; there being a proviso, that the property should remain in the hands of the Lady of the manor till the purchaser had done suit and service in the court.

Shakespeare His Life Art And Characters Hudson, H N 1872

It was a quaint old structure, and the court-leet and court-baron held sittings in it.

Chelsea The Fascination of London Walter Besant 1868

This property was held under the manor of Rowington: the transfer took place at the court-baron of the manor; and it appears that the Poet was not present at the time; there being a proviso, that the property should remain in the hands of the Lady of the manor till the purchaser had done suit and service in the court.

Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England Henry Norman Hudson 1850

She could not tell Miss Crawford that "those woods belonged to Sotherton," she could not carelessly observe that "she believed that it was now all Mr. Rushworth's property on each side of the road," without elation of heart; and it was a pleasure to increase with their approach to the capital freehold mansion, and ancient manorial residence of the family, with all its rights of court-leet and court-baron.

Mansfield Park Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 1814

She could not tell Miss Crawford that "those woods belonged to Sotherton," she could not carelessly observe that "she believed that it was now all Mr. Rushworth's property on each side of the road," without elation of heart; and it was a pleasure to increase with their approach to the capital freehold mansion, and ancient manorial residence of the family, with all its rights of court-leet and court-baron.

Mansfield Park 1814

She could not tell Miss Crawford that "those woods belonged to Sotherton," she could not carelessly observe that "she believed that it was now all Mr. Rushworth's property on each side of the road," without elation of heart; and it was a pleasure to increase with their approach to the capital freehold mansion, and ancient manorial residence of the family, with all its rights of court-leet and court-baron.

Mansfield Park Jane Austen 1796

Malta (mol'ta), a rocky fortified island belonging to Great Britain, and situated in the Mediterranean Sea south of Sicily. manacles (man'a-k'lz), chains for the hand or wrist. mandate (man'dat), command. manifest (man'i-fest), known. manifestation (man'i-fes-ta'shun), sign. manifold (man'i-fold), many in number. manoeuvre (ma-noo'ver), a skillful movement with a certain aim or plan. manor (man'er), a district over which a feudal lord ruled subject to the commands of his court-baron or lord.

Elson Grammar School Literature v4 William H. Elson