Vocabulary of the Magna Carta
Earls: A British noble of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount.
Justiciaries: the office or jurisdiction of a justicar.
Bailiffs: an officer; similar to a sheriff.
liege: a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service.
Rectifying: to make, put, or set right; correct.
Venerable: commanding respect because pf great age or impressive dignity.
Reckoned: to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
Ratification: the act of ratifying; confirmation; sanction.
Aforesaid: said or mentioned earlier or previously.
Indemnified: to compensate for damage or loss sustained, expense incurred, etc.
Scutage: a payment exacted by a lord in lieu of military service due to him by the holder of a free.
Boroughs: an incorporated municipality smaller than a city.
Tenement: any species of permanent property, as lands, houses, rents, an office that may be held of another.
Disseisin: the act of disseising or state of being disseised.
Vilein: a member of free persons at the lowest level of the feudal system.
Ecclesiastical: relating to the church.
Coroners: an officer of a country or municipality.
Postponement: to put off to a layer time.
Lieu: place; stead.
Inquisition: a judicial or official inquiry.
Henceforth: from now on.
Bailiwicks: the district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
Franchise: a store, restaurant, or other business operating under such a license.
Hitherto: up to this time.
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