TRINODA NEOESSITAS

Latin: In Saxon law. A threefold necessity or burden. A term used to denote the three things from contributing to the performance of which no lands were exempted, viz., pontis reparations (the repair of bridges,) arcis constructio, (the building of castles,) et expeditio contra hostcm, (military service against an enemy.) 1 Bl. Comm. 263, 357. … [Read more...] about TRINODA NEOESSITAS

A Latin term meaning three necessities for which are owed by all common law land owners to the royalty or kingdom of the land. … [Read more...] about TRINODA NECESSITAS

In old European law. An extraordinary kind of composition for an offense, consisting of three times nine, or twenty-seven times the single geld or payment. Spelman. … [Read more...] about TRINIUM GELDUM

Eng. law. One of the four terms of the courts; it begins on the 22d day of May, and ends on the 12th of June. St. 11 G. IV., and 1 W. IV., c. 70. It was formerly a movable term. … [Read more...] about TRINITY TERM

Sittings of the English court of appeal and of the high court of justice in London and Middlesex, commencing on the Tuesday after Whitsun week, and terminating on the 8th of August … [Read more...] about TRINITY SITTINGS