"Aielesse" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL

Aielesse LAW AND LEGAL
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A Norman French term slg-nlfylng “grandmother." Kelhanu

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A local policeman had just finished his shift one cold November evening and was at home with his wife. You just won't believe what happened this evening , in all my years on the force I've never seen anything like it. Oh yes dear, what happened ? I came across two guys down by the canal, one of them was drinking battery acid and the other was eating fireworks. Drinking battery acid and eating fireworks!! What did you do with them? Oh that was easy, I charged one and let the other off.

anglo-saxon ENGLISH

The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest.

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beakhead ENGLISH

An ornament used in rich Norman doorways, resembling a head with a beak.

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billet ENGLISH

An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood either square or round.

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byzantine ENGLISH

A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. C …

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Catalla LAW AND LEGAL

In old English Law. Chattels. The word among the Normans prlma-rlly signified only beasts of husbandry, or, as they are …

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Chefe LAW AND LEGAL

In Anglo-Norman law. Were or weregild; the price of the head or person, (capitis pretium

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chevron ENGLISH

A zigzag molding, or group of moldings, common in Norman architecture.

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customary ENGLISH

A book containing laws and usages, or customs; as, the Customary of the Normans.

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Eyre LAW AND LEGAL

Justices in eyre were judges corn-missioned in Anglo-Norman times in Eng-land to travel systematically through the

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Fitz LAW AND LEGAL

A Norman word, meaning “son.** It is used ln law and genealogy; as Fitsher-bert, the son of Herbert; Fitzjames, the …

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friborgh ENGLISH

The pledge and tithing, afterwards called by the Normans frankpledge. See Frankpledge.

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Gonquereur LAW AND LEGAL

In Norman and old English law. The first purchaser of an es-tate; he who first brought an estate into his …

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Haro, Harron LAW AND LEGAL

Fr. In Norman and early English law. An outcry, or hue and cry after felons and malefactors. Cowell

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harrow ENGLISH

Help! Halloo! An exclamation of distress; a call for succor;-the ancient Norman hue and cry.

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Hostler LAW AND LEGAL

In Norman and old English law, this was the tltle of the officer in a monastery charged with the entertainment …

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Mese LAW AND LEGAL

E, or MESE. Norman-French for a house. IAtt. t§ 74, 251

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moneyage ENGLISH

A tax paid to the first two Norman kings of England to prevent them from debashing the coin.

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Monya LAW AND LEGAL

In Norman law. Moneyage. A tax or tribute of one shilling on every hearth, payable to the duke every three …

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norman ENGLISH

Of or pertaining to Normandy or to the Normans; as, the Norman language; the Norman conquest.

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norman ENGLISH

A native or inhabitant of Normandy; originally, one of the Northmen or Scandinavians who conquered Normandy in the 10th century; …

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