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Meaning of "seignory" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SEIGNORY

seignory  [ˈseɪnjərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEIGNORY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Seignory is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SEIGNORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Seignory

In English law, seignory or seigniory, the lordship remaining to a grantor after the grant of an estate in fee simple. Nulle terre sans seigneur was a feudal legal maxim; where no other lord can be discovered the Crown is lord as lord paramount. The principal incidents of a seignory were a feudal oath of homage and fealty; a "quit" or "chief" rent; a "relief" of one year's quit rent, and the right of escheat. In return for these privileges the lord was liable to forfeit his rights if he neglected to protect and defend the tenant or did anything injurious to the feudal relation. Every seignory now existing must have been created before the statute Quia Emptores, which forbade the future creation of estates in fee-simple by subinfeudation. The only seignories of any importance at present are the lordships of manors. They are regarded as incorporeal hereditaments, and are either appendant or in gross. A seignory appendant passes with the grant of the manor; a seignory in gross—that is, a seignory which has been severed from the demesne lands of the manor to which it was originally appendant—must be specially conveyed by deed of grant.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SEIGNORY


auxiliary
ɔːɡˈzɪljərɪ
aviary
ˈeɪvjərɪ
breviary
ˈbriːvjərɪ
colliery
ˈkɒljərɪ
miliary
ˈmɪljərɪ
milliary
ˈmɪljərɪ
postliminiary
ˌpəʊstlɪˈmɪnjərɪ
seigneurie
ˈseɪnjərɪ
seigneury
ˈseɪnjərɪ
seigniory
ˈseɪnjərɪ
signeurie
ˈsiːnjərɪ
signiory
ˈsiːnjərɪ
signory
ˈsiːnjərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SEIGNORY

seigneur
seigneurial
seigneurie
seigneuries
seigneury
seignior
seigniorage
seignioralty
seigniorial
seigniories
seigniorship
seigniory
seignorage
seignoral
seignorial
seignories
seik
seil
seine

WORDS THAT END LIKE SEIGNORY

accessory
advisory
category
depository
directory
factory
Federal Capital Territory
glory
Gregory
history
introductory
inventory
ivory
laboratory
mandatory
memory
story
territory
theory
victory

Synonyms and antonyms of seignory in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «seignory» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SEIGNORY

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Translator English - Chinese

seignory
1,325 millions of speakers

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seignory
570 millions of speakers

English

seignory
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

seignory
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

seignory
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

seignory
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

seignory
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

seignory
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

seigneurie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Seignory
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Testa
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

seignory
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

seignory
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Seignory
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

seignory
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

seignory
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सिग्निओ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

seignory
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

signoria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

seignory
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

seignory
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

seignory
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Δεσποτάτο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

seignory
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Seignory
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

seignory
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of seignory

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEIGNORY»

The term «seignory» is used very little and occupies the 183.559 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SEIGNORY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about seignory

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEIGNORY»

Discover the use of seignory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to seignory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Systematic Arrangement of Lord Coke's First Institute of ...
Here is to be understood a diversity, when the whole estate in the seignory is suspended, and when but part of the estate in the seignory is suspended. And in this case the seignory is suspended but for term of (e) 34 As». p. 15. life ; (e) and  ...
Sir Edward Coke, Sir Thomas Littleton, John Henry Thomas, 1818
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Analytical Digest of Cases Published in the Law Journal Reports
which were as follows :—-The plaintiti has been since the month of November l8- 35, and now is the lord of the seignory or manor of Kilvey, in the county of Glamorgan. The plaintiff has also during the same period been and now is the lord of ...
Henry D. Barton, 1850
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Journals
Iboh Pteites — (For manufacture of copperas and sulphur) — Clarendon, range 2 , lot 7 ; Terrebonne Seignory, a 4 feet vein ; Augmentation to La Noraye and Dautraye Seignory, a feet vein; Garthby, range -, lot -. Dolomite, with 45 per cent,  ...
Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly, 1850
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Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of ...
Inon Prunes—(For manufacture of copperas and sulphur)— Clarendon, range 2, lot 7 ; Terrebonne Seignory, a 4 feet \ein; Augmentation to La Noraye and Dautraye Seignory, 9. feet vein; Garthby, range — lot -—. I DOLONITB, with 45 per cent.
Canada. Parliament. Legislative Assembly, 1850
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The Reports of Sir Edward Coke, Knt: In Thirteen Parts
But it was resolved, as it hath •been said, that neither the one nor the other (n 1), for the cause f_ * 93 b. ] aforesaid, in this case, shall have the wardship. And it was said (+), if there be tenant for life, the remainder in Tenant for fee, of a seignory ...
Sir Edward Coke, John Henry Thomas, John Farquhar Fraser, 1826
6
A Treatise of the Laws of England: On the Various Branches ...
For a a man may buy such a seignory for money. And by the same reason, a man may give an acre of land in exchange for such seignory, £s*V. and a seignory by divine service may be exchanged for land, tenement, rent, or service, &c. • 260.
John Perkins, 1757
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The Exchequer Reports: Report of Cases Argued and Determined ...
In support of is customary payment of 4d. per wey for all coal gotten within a certain manor and seignory and exported to sea, the plaintifi' tendered in evidence a book, purporting to be a survey taken in the year 1650, utter the manor and ...
Great Britain. Court of Exchequer, Wiliam Newland Welsby, Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, 1854
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Appendix to ... Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the ...
Appendix (VJ Iaou Prunes—(For manufacture of copperaa and sulphur)— A Clarendon range 2, lot 7 ; Terrebonne Seignory, a 1“ July. 4 feet \,ein; Augmentation to La Noraye and Dautraye Seignory, a feet vein; Garthby, range —, lot -.
Canada. Parliament. Legislative Assembly, 1850
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An Essay on the Quantity and Quality of Estates: With More ...
difference, if he purchase the seignory as part of an entire thing which lias continuance, for example, a manor or lordship, the tenancy will be extinguished :( t) while on a purchase of the seignory of the particular lands, the seignory, and not the ...
Richard Preston, 1843
10
Report of Progress for ...
Aubert de L'Isle Seignory, Riviere Famine. Aubert Gallion Seignory, Russieau , Porer's River for 3 miles up. Riviere Metgermet opposite Jersey. Gold.. .Native, in Vein Lake Superior, Prince's location, (traces). Ascot, range 7, lot 17, (with copper  ...
Geological Survey of Canada, 1850

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEIGNORY»

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Catesby's American Dream: religious persecution in Elizabethan …
In return for putting up £100 and ten men for the first voyage (forty for the next), he was promised a seignory of 10,000 acres and election to one of “the chief ... «OUPblog, Sep 14»
2
A wilderness resort with all the comforts of home
Established as a seignory by French king Louis XIV in 1674, the preserve became part of a private club in the 1930s. Members included royalty, prime ministers ... «Troy Media, Jul 14»
3
Beaucoup de visiteurs pour le domaine Kenauk
«Il y a beaucoup de monde, surtout des anciens membres du Seignory Club qui ont demandé s'ils pouvaient acheter un lac ou une île... et peut-être qu'avec ... «La Petite-Nation, Jul 13»
4
Un tout nouveau quartier à Pointe-Claire
Dans les environs: De nombreux parcs (Empress, Seignory, Cedar), le parc naturel Terra Cotta, le Club de golf Beaconsfield, un centre commercial, l'Hôpital ... «LaPresse.ca, Apr 13»

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