| 单词 | steward of the leet |
| 释义 | > as lemmassteward of the leet b. steward of the manor: one who transacts the financial and legal business of a manor on behalf of the lord; he holds the manor-court in the lord's absence, and keeps a copy of its rolls, whence the name steward of copyhold. steward of the leet, steward of the hundred, steward of the haven-court, an official with similar functions in the leet, hundred, and haven courts. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > other officers of specific courts alderman1275 steward of the manor1303 Queen's (also King's) Proctor?a1425 remembrancer1451 augmentationer1550 associate1552 procurator-fiscal1564 proctor-fiscal1565 chafer1587 custos brevium1589 examiner1594 chafe-wax1607 exceptor1728 procurator general1740 Marshal of the (Court of) Admiralty1769 Pundit of the Supreme Court1827 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 5421 Stywardes..þat lordynges courtys holde. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. Prol. 96 Some..in stede of stuwardes sytten and demen. 1425 Rolls of Parl. IV. 306/2 Stuardus of Letus and Hundredis. 1531 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 186 William Marchall gentleman than being Steward of the seid Manour. c1537 in W. Rye Cromer (1889) 52 Henry Erle of Surrey High Stuard of the Kyngs Haven Courts in Cromer. a1563 V. Leigh Moste Profitable Sci. Surueying (1577) sig. G jv Yerely Fees to any Receiuour..high Stewarde, or vnder Stewarde..to bee goyng out of a Mannour,..are called Reprises. c1600 Mannor & Court Baron (1909) 200 The Stewarde ys an offycer named by the Lorde, and his offyce ys to directe the sewtors by order of lawe to recorde and regester the plees and Judgements of the Courte... And he is not Judge there but Recorder or clerke as shalbe sayde for he cannot quash an Essoin nor doe any other thinge withoute the assente of the Sewtors. 1791 J. Ritson Jurisd. Court-Leet Introd. p. viii The Leet is a court of record... It is held before the Steward..of the Lord. 1864 S. P. Fox Kingsbridge 3 The Manor of Kingsbridge belongs to John Scobell, Esq...whose Steward holds a Court Leet and Court Baron here. 1897 E. Howlett in W. Andrews' Legal Lore 93 The steward also usually presides at the copyhold courts of the manor. < as lemmas |
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