Court-leet
(n.) A court of record held once a year, in a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet. | ||||
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court-leet
\court"-leet`\ (-l?t`), n. (eng. law) a court of record held once a year, in a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet.
court-leet
\court"-leet`\ (-l?t`), n. (eng. law) a court of record held once a year, in a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet.
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Court leet
The court leet was an historical court in England and Wales.
At a very early time in medieval England the Lord of the Manor exercised or claimed certain jurisdictional franchises. The most important of these was the "view of frankpledge" and its associated police jurisdiction. Some time in the later middle ages the court baron, when exercising these powers, gained the name of leet, and, later, of court leet. The quo warranto proceedings of Edward I established a sharp distinction between the court baron, exercising strictly manorial rights, and the court leet, depending for its jurisdiction upon royal franchise.
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