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Landlord :: Landlord (n.) The lord of a manor, or of land; the owner of land or houses which he leases to a tenant or tenants..

Infangthef :: Infangthef (n.) The privilege granted to lords of certain manors to judge thieves taken within the seigniory of such lords.

Manerial :: Manerial (a.) See Manorial.

Dominus :: Dominus (n.) Master; sir; -- a title of respect formerly applied to a knight or a clergyman, and sometimes to the lord of a manor..

Purprise :: Purprise (n.) A close or inclosure; the compass of a manor.

Thane :: Thane (n.) A dignitary under the Anglo-Saxons and Danes in England. Of these there were two orders, the king's thanes, who attended the kings in their courts and held lands immediately of them, and the ordinary thanes, who were lords of manors and who had particular jurisdiction within their limits. After the Conquest, this title was disused, and baron took its place..

Mansion :: Mansion (n.) The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence: Any house of considerable size or pretension.

Lordship :: Lordship (n.) Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor.

Dryfland :: Dryfland (n.) An ancient yearly payment made by some tenants to the king, or to their landlords, for the privilege of driving their cattle through a manor to fairs or markets..

Topography :: Topography (n.) The description of a particular place, town, manor, parish, or tract of land; especially, the exact and scientific delineation and description in minute detail of any place or region..

Survey :: Survey (v. t.) To examine and ascertain, as the boundaries and royalties of a manor, the tenure of the tenants, and the rent and value of the same..

Antirenter :: Antirenter (n.) One opposed to the payment of rent; esp. one of those who in 1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York.

Team :: Team (n.) A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto..

Toll :: Toll (n.) A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.

Hall :: Hall (n.) A name given to many manor houses because the magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion house.

Cane :: Cane (n.) A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and Daemanorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans..

Court-baron :: Court-baron (n.) An inferior court of civil jurisdiction, attached to a manor, and held by the steward; a baron's court; -- now fallen into disuse..

Manorial :: Manorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a manor.

Greeve :: Greeve (n.) A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff..

Soc :: Soc (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 jurisdiction..

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