In Norman and old English law, this was the title of the officer in a monastery charged with the entertainment of guests. It was also applied (until about the time of Queen Elizabeth) to an innkeeper, and afterwards, when the keeping of horses at livery became a distinct occupation, to the keeper of a livery stable, and then (under the modern form "ostler") to the groom in … [Read more...]

A Turkish governor in Moldavia or Wallachia. … [Read more...]

Criminal Law, generally, an exception to the rule requiring a police officer have an arrest warrant and enter a private home, usually in the context of a police officer chasing down a criminal who has committed a crime (such as receiving illegal drugs) and has entered a home. The police officer may enter the home, without a warrant, in order to prevent the alleged criminal from … [Read more...]

L. Fr. An army. Britt C. 22. A military expedition; war. Kelhain. … [Read more...]

The blending and mixing property belonging to different persons, in order to divide it equally. 2 Bl. Oomm. 190. Anciently applied to the mixing and blending of lands given to one daughter in frank marriage, with those descending to her and her sisters in fee simple, for the purpose of dividing the whole equally among them; without which the daughter who held in frank marriage … [Read more...]