Ceorl in United States
Ceorl Definition
A tenant at will of free condition, who held land of the thane on condition of paying rent or services. A freeman of inferior rank occupied in husbandry. Spelman. Those who tilled the outlands paid rent; those who occupied or tilled the inlands, or demesne, rendered services. Under the Norman rule, this term, as did others which denoted workmen, especially those which applied to the conquered race, became a term of reproach, as is indicated by the popular signification of churl. Cowell; Spelman.
Ceorl in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias
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| Ceorl | Ceorl in the World Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Ceorl | Ceorl in the European Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Ceorl | Ceorl in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Ceorl | Ceorl in the UK Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Ceorl | Ceorl in the Australian Legal Encyclopedia. |
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| Ceorl | Ceorl in the Commercial Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Ceorl | Ceorl in the Criminal Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
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| Ceorl | Ceorl in the and Finance and Banking Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Ceorl | Ceorl in the Employment and Labor Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
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| Ceorl | Ceorl in the Environmental Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
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A tenant at will of free condition, who held land of the thane on condition of paying rent or services. A freeman of inferior rank occupied in husbandry. Spelman. Those who tilled the outlands paid rent; those who occupied or tilled the inlands, or demesne, rendered services. Under the Norman rule, this term, as did others which denoted workmen, especially those which applied to the conquered race, became a term of reproach, as is indicated by the popular signification of churl. Cowell; Spelman.
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