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Definition of Essoins
1. essoin [n] - See also: essoin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Essoins
Literary usage of Essoins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Borough Customs by Mary Bateson (1904)
"(5) DEFAULTS, essoins, AND DELAYS. Salford, cap. ... shall have as many essoins
and delays as he that defends for damages and injuries and lands claimed, ..."
2. Reeves' History of the English Law: With Numerous Notes, and an Introductory by John Reeves, William Francis Finlason (1879)
"WRIT OP EIGHT IN THE LORD'S COURT — PROCESS IN REAL ACTIONS — SUMMONS — OP
essoins — DE MALO LECTI — DEFAULTS — MAGNUM CAPE — WARRANT DE SERVITIO KEG is ..."
3. A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: Containing Full Definitions of the by Alexander Mansfield Burrill (1850)
"The excuses or essoins which were allowed to be offered were five, viz. ...
Hence the technical names of the essoins ; (1) De servitio reff is, ..."
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