单词 | demi-vill |
释义 | demi-villn. Constitutional History. rare. A half-vill or ‘town’; the half of a vill (when this was divided between two lords) as a political unit. The Anglo-Norman word occurs frequently in the Statute cited, but in the Record ed. is translated half-town. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [noun] > feudal villa1625 demi-vill1765 villate1897 c1200 Stat. Exeter (?14 Edw. I) Stat. I. 210 Les nuns de totes les viles, demie viles, e hamelez, ke sunt en son Wap', Hundred e Franchise [transl. The names of all the Towns, Half-towns, and Hamlets, within his Wapentake, etc.]. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. i. Introd. iv. 111 The statute of Exeter, which makes frequent mention of entire vills, demi-vills, and hamlets. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.c1200 |
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