| 单词 | the verge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe verge (of the court) b. Hence the verge (of the court), employed with other prepositions or in other constructions to designate this area or jurisdiction. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction of or areas under specific authorities > [noun] > within twelve miles of king's court the verge (of the court)1529 virge1540 society > law > legal power > [noun] > extent or range of jurisdiction > a district > under specific jurisdiction sheriffdom1385 wardenry1462 the verge (of the court)1529 sheriffwick1535 circuit1574 territoryc1626 Home Circuit1664 hundred-court1671 byrlaw1850 1529 Articles against Wolsey in R. Fiddes Life Wolsey (1724) Collect. 221 All manner of Victuals, within the Precinct of the Verge. 1614 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 319 Ye Clarke of the Markett for the verge. 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 261 The Coroner of the Kings house..cannot intermeddle within the County forth of the Verge, because that his office extendeth not thereunto. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. lxi. 267 I..got safe into the verge of the court; where I kept snug. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 76 By the statute of 13 Ric. II. st. 1. c. 3..the verge of the court in this respect extends for twelve miles round the king's place of residence. 1813 H. Smith & J. Smith Horace in London i. xxii. 75 Place me beyond the verge afar, Where alleys blind the light debar. 1865 F. M. Nichols in tr. Britton I. p. xxxiv This officer [of measures] appears to have been styled Clerk, or Keeper, of the Market; and his duties were generally united with those of the Coroner of the Verge. < as lemmas |
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