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EXERCITUAL

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In old English law. A heriot paid only in arms, horses, or military accouterments. … [Read more...]

EXHUMATION

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Disinterment; the removal from the earth of anything previously buried therein, particularly a human corpse. … [Read more...]

EXERCITUS

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In old European law. An army; an armed force. The term was absolutely indefinite as to number. It was applied, on various occasions, to a gathering of forty-two armed men, of thirty-five, or even of four. Spelman. … [Read more...]

EXETER DOMESDAY

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The name given to a record preserved among the muniments and charters belonging to the dean and chapter of Exeter Cathedral, which contains a description of the western parts of the kingdom, comprising the counties of Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall. The Exeter Domesday was published with several other surveys nearly contemporary, by order of the commissioners of … [Read more...]

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