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Definition of Seignorial
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seignorial
Literary usage of Seignorial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1899)
"seignorial Jurisdiction. According to the legal theory of the thirteenth century
... seignorial jurisdiction has two roots—(1) the delegation of ..."
2. Sketches from America by John White (1870)
"30), we find the ' ecclesiastics of the Seminary of St. Sulpice ' obliged to
grant ' a release and extinguishment of all feudal and seignorial burdens ..."
3. History of the English Landed Interest: Its Customs, Laws and Agriculture by Russell M. (Russell Montague) Garnier (1898)
"It would seem that, even after the institution of seignorial autocracy, the people
expected to enjoy rights of venery and pis- cary; so at least the ..."
4. Domesday Book and Beyond: Three Essays in the Early History of England by Frederic William Maitland (1897)
"One other question should be raised, even if we can find for seignorial it no
certain answer. Is not seignorial jurisdiction very closely ..."
5. The Life and Times of Joseph Gould: Struggles of the Early Canadian Settlers by W. H. Higgins (1887)
"ALL the reforms advocated by Mr. Gould have long since been conceded. He saw the
seignorial Tenure question settled ; the Clergy ..."
6. Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia by John Bouvier, Francis Rawle (1914)
"It is said that, generally, the word denotes an inheritance free from seignorial
rights, though held subject to the sovereign. Dumoulin, Coût, de Par. ..."
7. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"... of a number of institutions which claimed the protection due to vested rights:
seignorial rights and bondage, class and trade privileges and monopolies, ..."
8. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"... economic system involved the abrogation of a number of institutions which
claimed the protection due to vested rights: seignorial rights and bondage, ..."
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