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The judge who presides in the king … [Read more...] about CHIEF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND

In English law. The stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds is a nominal office in the gift of the crown, usually accepted by members of the house of commons desirous of vacating their seats. By law a member once duly elected to parliament is compelled to discharge the duties of the trust conferred upon him, and is not enabled at will to resign it. But by statute, if any member … [Read more...] about CHILTERN HUNDREDS

An officer among the English, established soon after the conquest. 2. He had judicial power, and sat as a judge in the Curia Regis. In the absence of the king, he governed the kingdom. In the course of time, the power and distinction of this officer gradually diminished, until the reign of Henry III, when the office was abolished. … [Read more...] about CHIEF JUSTICIARY

In old English law. A road, way, highway. It is either the king's highway (chiminus regis) or a private way. The first is that over which the subjects of the realm, and all others under the protection of the crown, have free liberty to pass, though the property In the soil itself belong to some private individual; the last is that in which one person or more have liberty to … [Read more...] about CHIMIN

A sum of money paid by villeins to their lords in acknowledgment of their bondage. Chevage seems also to have been used for a sum of money yearly given to a man of power for his countenance and protection as a chief or leader. Termes de la Ley; Cowell. … [Read more...] about CHEVAGE