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A page for a glossary of terms. Please link to further reading where appropriate, or to a blank page where more research is appropriate but not yet done.
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 bill petitions to the king
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>		capias arrest; essentially a substitute for a modern warrant as a tool for getting someone to show up when they are being sued.
 ceorl (celt, becomes churl)- a person without rights; slave; one who lives under the direction of others.

counter from conter- the 'teller of tales'. Begins the lawsuit by starting the telling of the tale of the lawsuit (the 'count'), after the writ? is presented.

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 justiciar local representative of the king, post-Norman invasion. Nominally only serving while the king is absent, but in practice permanently responsible for a region (e.g., York.)
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>		latitat writ of lurking; used after capias when someone cannot be found.
 lawe to declaw a dog so that it cannot hunt in a royal (Norman) forest.

merchet fee paid by the villein to the lord on the marriage of the villein's daughters.


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