01 n. The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jur…
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1.
The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.(O. Eng. Law)
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2.
An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township which the mill stands.[Eng.]
Phrases & compounds
Soc and sac —
the full right of administering justice in a manor or lordship.