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An institution of learning of a lower grade, below a college or a university. A place of primary instruction. The term generally […]

In Dutch law. An officer of a court whose functions somewhat resemble those of a sheriff Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

In Snxon lnw. A tax paid to sheriffs for keeping the shire or county court Cowell Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

In eccleslastlcal lnw. A dlvi-sion or sepnrntlon in n church or deuomina-tlon of Christinns, occasioned by a diversity of fnlth, creed, or […]

Usury. Cowell Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Saxon lnw. An officer haviug the clvll government of n shire, or county; an enrl. 1 Bl. Comm. 398 Source: Black's […]

A sheet of paper or parchment annexed to a statute, deed, answer in equity, deposition, or other instrument, ex-hibiting in detail the […]

In English law, a scheme is a document containing provisions for regulat Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

An ancient measure of salt, the quantity of which is now not known, wharton Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

SCHARN-PENNY, or SGHORN-PENNY. A small duty or com-pensation. CowelL Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The ofiicer who collected the scavage money. CowelL Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A Saxon coin of lees denom-inatlon than a shilling. Spelman Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat in Roman law. A boat; a lighter. A ship's boat Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

SCHEVAGE, SOHEWAGE, or SHEW AGE. A kind of toll or custom, exacted by mayors, sheriffs, etc., of merchant strangers, for wares showed […]

In Eng-lish law. Scandal or slander of great men or nobles, words* spoken in derogation of a peer, a Judge, or other […]

In old European law. To chop; to chip or haggle. Spelman Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Defamatory reports or ru-mors; aspersion or slanderous talk, uttered recklessly or maliciously Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In equity pleading. See Scandal Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In early American law. To ad-just, graduate, or value according to a scale, walden v. Payne, 2 wash. (Va.) 5, 6 Source: […]

In ,old recr Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A chequered cloth resembling a chess-board which covered the table , in the exchequer, and on which, when, certain of the king's […]

At the scale; the old way of paying money into the exchequer. Cowell Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In lllndu law. Variable lm-posts dlstlnct from land, rents, or revenues; consisting of customs, tolls, licenses, duties on goods; also taxes on […]

In old European law. Tiie, judges or assessors of the judges in the court, held by the count Assistants or associates! of […]

The laws of the west Saxons. Cowell Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)