STEWS

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

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

This word signifies a man appointed in the place or stead of another, and generally denotes a principal oflicer within his jurisdiction. Brown. Land steward. See LAND. Steward of a manor. An important officer who has the general management of all forensic matters connected with the manor of which he is steward. He stands in much the same relation to the lord of the manor as an … [Read more...] about STEWARD

A person employed in loading and unloading vessels. … [Read more...] about STEVEDORE