单词 | court leet |
释义 | court leetn. A court of record held periodically in a hundred, lordship, or manor, before the lord or his steward, and attended by the residents of the district. It had jurisdiction over petty offences and the civil affairs of the district, and performed a number of administrative functions. The institution still survives, but its jurisdiction has practically passed to authorities of more recent creation. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > feudal courts > other manorial, etc., courts leet1292 view of frankpledge1495 court leet1588 customary court1628 leet-court1651 honour court1661 knighten court1701 suit court1755 1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. xii. f. 53 Court Leete. 1604 Act 1 Jas. I c. 5 To keep Court Leets or Court Barons, for the true administration of Iustice, and to the punishing and suppressing of offences. 1651 tr. J. Kitchin (title) Jurisdictions; or, the Lawful Authority of Courts Leet; Courts Baron, etc. 1683 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) II. 198 I was at the court-leet of this manor [Deptford-le-Strond], my Lord Arlington his Majesty's High-Steward. 1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 16 Court-Leet, where they have a power to make By-Laws, as they call them; as that a man shall put so many Cows, or Sheep in the Common. 1761 C. Johnstone Chrysal (ed. 2) II. i. vi. 37 He is one of the grand jury, of the court-leet. 1819 Manor of Hitchin in Seebohm Eng. Village Community (1883) App. 445 That in the Court Leet yearly holden after the Feast of St. Michael..the jurors for our Lord the King are accustomed to elect and present to the lord two constables and six headboroughs..and likewise two ale conners, two leather searchers and sealers, and a bell~man. 1875 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. i. 44 The court leet..is the court of the people (leod, leute)..and perhaps dates from a time when the community was small, and could gather..upon a village green. 1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 140 The Court Leet is still held, but partakes slightly of the nature of a harmless farce. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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