"Farleu" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL
Money paid by tenants in lieu of a heriot. It was often applied to the best chattel, as dlstlngulshed from heriot, the best beast. Cowell
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Little Tommy's kindergarten class was on a field trip to their local police station. There they saw pictures tacked to a big bulletin board. The label clearly read, "The 10 Most Wanted."One of the youngsters pointed to a picture and asked if it really was the photo of a wanted person."Yes," said the policeman, "the detectives want him very badly."So Little Tommy asked, while tugging on the man's belt, "Um, mister, why didn't you keep them when you took their pictures?"
Formerly, a payment or tribute of arms or military accouterments, or the best beast, or chattel, due to the lord …
Read the complete definitionIn ecclesiastical law. ▲ burial-place. A kind of ecclesiastical heriot, being a customary gift of the second best living animal …
Read the complete definitionTaking the best beast, etc., where an herlot Is due. on the death of the tenant. 2 BL Comm. 422
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