Lat. In the civil law. An action of tutelage; an action which lay for a ward or pupil, on the termination of tutelage, against the tutor or guardian, to compel an account Calvin. … [Read more...]

Latin: In the civil law. A multitude ; a crowd or mob; a tumultuous assembly of persons. Said to consist of ten or fifteen, at the least. Calvin. … [Read more...]

Turbary, or common of turbary, is the right or liberty of digging turf upon another man's ground Brown. … [Read more...]

When a an accused person or a convicted criminal agrees to testify as a witness for the state against his associates or accomplices. … [Read more...]

The great court-leet of the county, as the old county court was the court-baron. Of this the sheriff is judge, and the court is incident to his office; wherefore it is called the "sheriff's tourn;" and it had its name originally from the sheriff making a turn of circuit about his shire, and holding this court in each respective hundred. Wharton. … [Read more...]