A riding, tithing, or division in the Isle of Man, where the whole island is divided into six sheadings, in each of which there is a coroner or chief constable appointed by a delivery of a rod at the Tlnewald court or annual convention. King Isle of Man, 7. … [Read more...] about SHEADING
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SHERRERIE
A word used by the authorities of the Roman Church, to specify contemptuously the technical parts of the law, as administered by non-clerical lawyers. Wharton. … [Read more...] about SHERRERIE
SHEEP
A wether more than a year old. … [Read more...] about SHEEP
SHEEP-HEAVES
Small plots of pasture, in England, often in the middle of the waste of a manor, of which the soil may or may not be in the lord, but the pasture is private property, and leased or sold as such. They principally occur in the northern counties, (Cooke, IncL Acts, 44,) and seem to be corporeal hereditaments, (Elton, Commons, 35,) although they are sometimes classed with rights of … [Read more...] about SHEEP-HEAVES
SHEEP-SILVER
A service turned Into money, which was paid in respect that anciently the tenants used to wash the lord's sheep. Wharton. … [Read more...] about SHEEP-SILVER