"Ceorl" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL
In Anglo Saxon law. The free-men were dlvlded into tWo classes,—thanes nnd ceorls. The thanes were the proprietors of the soil, which was entirely at their dis-posal. The ceorls were men personally free, but possessing no landed property. Guizot, Rep. Govt
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In Saxon law. A freeman of inferior rank, chiefly employed in husbandry. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 5. A tenant at …
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Read the complete definitionIn old European, law. A husbandman; an inferior tenant employed in cultivating the lord’s land. A term of Ro-man origin, …
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