A customary obligation to construct and maintain a bridge or bridges in a particular region. Cf. church work, n. 1. Now historical.
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| 释义 | society > law > legal obligation > [noun] > obligations of tenants > other obligations of tenants (15) bridgeworkOE A customary obligation to construct and maintain a bridge or bridges in a particular region. Cf. church work, n. 1. Now historical. bedrip1226 A service which some tenants had to perform to their lord, viz. at his request or bidding to reap his corn at harvest-time. The days thus employed… timber-lodec1400 in Feudal Law, a service by which a tenant was bound to carry wood felled in the forests to the lord's house (cf. bord-lode, n.). suit and service1416 suit and service and variants. Attendance at court and personal service due from a tenant to his or her lord (see service, n.1 10). Also used to… suling-man1440 (a) a man chosen from the tenants of a suling to collect the dues belonging thereto; (b) a service due from tenants of a suling. presence and suit1504 suit and service and variants. Attendance at court and personal service due from a tenant to his or her lord (see service, n.1 10). Also used to… homage and suit?a1509 suit and service and variants. Attendance at court and personal service due from a tenant to his or her lord (see service, n.1 10). Also used to… sect of court1546 Law. sect of court (medieval Latin secta curiæ): ‘Suit and Service done by Tenants at the Court of their Lord’ (J. Harris Lex. Techn. 1710, II). wood-carriage1557 a tenurial obligation to carry wood. suit service1579 service rendered by attendance at a lord's court; also figurative. Now historical. sword-service1630 military service rendered as a due to the overlord. Subcategories:— tenant owing (4) |
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