|
|
Definition of Nonentry
1. Noun. (Scotland legal historical) The casualty or advantage which formerly fell to the superior when the heir of a deceased vassal failed to renew the investiture, the superior being then entitled to the rent of the feu. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nonentry
1. the fact of not entering [n -TRIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonentry
Literary usage of Nonentry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rose's Notes on the United States Supreme Court Reports (2 Dallas to 241 by Walter Malins Rose, Charles Lawrence Thompson, United States Supreme Court (1917)
"66, 52 LRA (NS) 701, 105 NE 456, misconduct of clerk of court in not entering
judgment for plaintiff is tort, and right of action accruing upon nonentry not ..."
2. An Institute of the Law of Scotland: In Four Books : in the Order of Sir by John Erskine, George Mackenzie, James Ivory (1828)
"Now that nonentry-duties payable out of the lands which formerly held ward of
the crown, are, by the act abolishing want-holding, proportioned according to ..."
3. Supplement to the Dictionary of the Decisions of the Court of Session by Mungo Ponton Brown, William Maxwell Morison, Scotland Court of Session (1826)
"... in the gift of nonentry,) gained his action against my Lord Melville and his
... where the lands lie,) whether it be a nonentry in the King's hands, ..."
4. Select Decisions of the Court of Session: From the Year 1752 to the Year 1768 by Scotland Court of Session (1780)
"... till the bygone nonentry-duties are paid up, and, in particular ... implies,
that all the bygone nonentry-duties, which can be claimed by the ..."
Other Resources:
