Court Baron in United States

Court Baron Definition

A domestic court, incident to every manor, to be held by the steward within the manor, for redressing misdemeanors and nuisances therein, and for settling disputes among the tenants relating to property. It is not a court of record. Customary court baron is one appertaining entirely to copyholders. See “Customary Court Baron.” Freeholders’ court baron is one held before the freeholders who owe suit and service to the manor. It is the court baron proper. Thesfe courts have now fallen into great disuse in England, and provision is made by St. 9 & 10 Vict. c. 95, § 14, enabling the lord of any manor which has a court in which debts or demands are recoverable to surrender to the crown the right of holding such court, and, upon such surrender, the court is discontinued, and the right of holding it ceases. In the state of New York, such courts were held while the state was a province. See charters ,in Bolton’s History of New Chester. The court has derived its name from the fact that it was the court of the baron or lord of the manor (3 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 33, note. See Fleta, lib. 2, c. 53), though it is explained by some as being the court of the freeholders, who were in some instances called barons (Co. Litt. 58a).

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A domestic court, incident to every manor, to be held by the steward within the manor, for redressing misdemeanors and nuisances therein, and for settling disputes among the tenants relating to property. It is not a court of record. Customary court baron is one appertaining entirely to copyholders. See “Customary Court Baron.” Freeholders’ court baron is one held before the freeholders who owe suit and service to the manor. It is the court baron proper. Thesfe courts have now fallen into great disuse in England, and provision is made by St. 9 & 10 Vict. c. 95, § 14, enabling the lord of any manor which has a court in which debts or demands are recoverable to surrender to the crown the right of holding such court, and, upon such surrender, the court is discontinued, and the right of holding it ceases. In the state of New York, such courts were held while the state was a province. See charters ,in Bolton’s History of New Chester. The court has derived its name from the fact that it was the court of the baron or lord of the manor (3 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 33, note. See Fleta, lib. 2, c. 53), though it is explained by some as being the court of the freeholders, who were in some instances called barons (Co. Litt. 58a).

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