Monday, April 4, 2016

Vocabulary

             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.

I found the meaning of these words from:
http://www.dictionary.com/

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