10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTENEMENT»
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contenement in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
contenement and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A law dictionary and glossary: containing full definitions ...
CONTENEMENT. See Contenementum. CONTENEMENTUM. L. Lat. [from con,
together, and tenementum, a tenement, or thing holden ; L. Fr. eontenanee.] In
old English law. A contencment ; that which is held together with another thing;
that ...
Alexander Mansfield Burrill,
1859
2
Les Termes de la Ley Or, Certain Difficult and Obscure Words ...
14. tijere are tljese 31110200 ; A Free-man (ball not be amerced for a small Fault,
but according to the Quantity of the Fault, and for a great Fault, according to the
Manner thereof, saving unto him his Contenement or Freehold : And a Merchant
...
3
Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Consols. Contenement. Consols. A contraction of Consolidated Fund. See above
. Con'stable (Lat., comes-ttab'uli) means " Master of the Horse." Cp. Marshal. The
Constable of France was the title of the principal officer of the household of the ...
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer,
2001
4
Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books; with an ...
Consultation, writ of, why so called, iii., 114. Contempt -against the king, iv., 121.
in courts of law, iv., 283. of court, process in equity, iii., 443. Contenement, iv., 379
. See, Conviction in general (continued). before justices for disorderly offenses ...
Sir William Blackstone, John Fletcher Hargrave, George Sweet,
1854
5
Magna Charta ... With an Introduction Containing the History ...
Earls and barons shall not be _amesced but by r 'T' . if A contenement signified
such a rese'rvation of: estate and goods, as would enablea person to pursue his
tradect or pkofet'fiou. Thue, his arms were the entend/cent of a soldier; his books
...
6
A Digest of Select British Statutes: Comprising Those Which, ...
A freeman, says the statute, shall not be amerced for a small default, but after the
manner of the default; and for a great default, according to the greatness thereof,
saving to him his contenement, or countenance: with respect to a merchant, ...
7
A Law Dictionary: Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of ...
Contez (del),_of the shircs, counties. Conlesso, countess. Contessm'z,
contemplation. Contetz, contained. - Continance, continuance, observance.
Continuoment, directly, immediately. Continnance,'r his contenement, support,
maintenance. ' .
John Bouvier, Robert Kelham,
1839
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A new law dictionary ...
CONTENEMENT, s contenement urn ,) is said to signify a man's countenance or
credit, which he hath together with and by reason of his freehold. But it seems
more properly to be restricted to the estate which he holds in land ; as where the
...
Richard Burn, John Burn,
1792
9
Reports of Cases Determined in the General Court of ...
Brev. use it, where countenance is used for contenement. The armor of a soldier
is his countenance, the books of a scholar is his countenance, and the like.' See
also Barrington's observations on Mag. Charta, cap.14. 136 Herndon et ul. v.
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Institutes of the laws of England: containg the exposition ...
3. Fleta, cominentia. Fl'* "rb 2. For the signification, contenement signifieth his
countenance, .,etyy , ** £ which he hath, together with, and by reason of his free-
hold, and therefore is called contenement, or continence, and in this fense doth
the ...