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SHERRERIE

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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...]

SHEEP

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A wether more than a year old. … [Read more...]

SHEEP-HEAVES

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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...]

SHEEP-SILVER

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A service turned Into money, which was paid in respect that anciently the tenants used to wash the lord's sheep. Wharton. … [Read more...]

SEXUAL ASSAULT

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Sexual contact that is the result of force upon an unwilling participant, e.g. rape. … [Read more...]

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