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Definition of Seigniories
1. seigniory [n] - See also: seigniory
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seigniories
Literary usage of Seigniories
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Seigniorial System in Canada: A Study in French Colonial Policy by William Bennett Munro (1907)
"Settlers were brought out under clerical auspices and placed upon the ecclesiastical
seigniories, and once on the land they were counselled, assisted, ..."
2. The Seigniorial System in Canada: A Study in French Colonial Policy by William Bennett Munro (1907)
"Settlers were brought out under clerical auspices and placed upon the ecclesiastical
seigniories, and once on the land they were counselled, assisted, ..."
3. The Seigniorial System in Canada: A Study in French Colonial Policy by William Bennett Munro (1907)
"Settlers were brought out under clerical auspices and placed upon the ecclesiastical
seigniories, and once on the land they were counselled, assisted, ..."
4. History of the Settlement of Upper Canada (Ontario): With Special Reference by William Canniff (1869)
"The officers who were mostly noblesse obtained seigniories with their late soldiers
for vassals." The settlement of this body of men increased the ..."
5. The Continental Legal History Series by Association of American Law Schools (1915)
"seigniories TOPIC 1. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FEUDAL SYSTEM AND SKETCH OF
... THE seigniories In General. Right of Peace and of War. Feudal Armies. ..."
6. The British Dominions in North America, Or, A Topographical and Statistical by Joseph Bouchette (1831)
"Chambly, West MONTREAL De Lery Longueuil, Barony seigniories. Longueuil County,
Island ... Isles de la Paix, part of Onslow seigniories. BERTHIER. ..."
7. Ruling Cases by Irving Browne, Leonard Augustus Jones, James Tower Keen, Edward Manson, John Melville Gould (1898)
"... a saving clause, reserving to the lord all seigniories incident to the manor,
and all rents, fines, services, &c., and all other royalties and manorial ..."
8. An Introduction to Conveyancing and the New Statutes Concerning Real by William Hayes (1835)
"But the creation of The creation of new seigniories was in ... who was called
tenant for years, or tenant for life, or tenant in ,« ., . new seigniories ..."
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