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In English law. Fullness; a state of being full. A term applied to a benefice When full, or possessed by an incumbent. The opposite state to a vacation, or vacancy. Cowell. … [Read more...] about PLENARTY

old Eng. law. An uncertain quantity of land; but, according to some opinions, it contains one hundred and twenty acres. Co. Litt. 69 a. … [Read more...] about PLOUGH-LAND

Full, complete. 2. In the courts of admiralty, and in the English ecclesiastical courts, causes or suits in respect of the different course of proceeding in each, are termed plenary or summary. Plenary, or full and formal suits, are those in which the proceedings must be full and formal: the term summary is applied to those causes where the proceedings are more succinct and … [Read more...] about PLENARY

The ancient payment of a penny to the church from every plowland 1 Mon. Angl. 256. … [Read more...] about PLOW-ALMS

A trial that has been completed and a decision rendered on the merits. … [Read more...] about PLENARY ACTION