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Seneschallus totius Angliae. An officer among the English who was invested with various powers, and, among others, it was his duty to preside on the trial of peers. … [Read more...] about STEWARD OF ALL ENGLAND

In Scotch law, is said to be equivalent to the English "county" See Brown. … [Read more...] about STEWARTRY

Eng. law., Places formerly permitted in England to women of professed lewdness, and who, for hire, would prostitute their bodies to all comers. 2. These places were so called because the dissolute persons who visited them prepared themselves by bathing; the word stews being derived from the old French estuves, stove, or hot bath. 3 Inst. 205. … [Read more...] about STEWS

In the old books, to stop; to hesitate; to accede with reluctance, "The court stuck a little at this exception." 2 Show. 401. … [Read more...] about STICK

(1) An Inferior officer who cuts wood within the royal parks of Clarendon. Cowell. (2) An arbitrator. (3) An obstinate contender about anything. … [Read more...] about STICKLER