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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (O. Eng. Law) Things belonging to the sheriff; especially, farms (called also
vicontiel rents ) for which the sheriff used to pay rent to the king.
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- noun UK, law, obsolete Things belonging to the
sheriff , especiallyfarms (also called "vicontiel rents") for which the sheriff used to payrent to theking .
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See vicontiel.
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