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(Law Lat. cuno letae, the court of the leet). A court of record in England, held once or twice in every year within a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet, for the preservation of the peace, and the punishment of all trivial misdemeanors. Kitch. Cts. Its original intent was to view the frank pledges, that is, the freemen of the liberty who anciently were all mutually pledges for the good behavior of each other, and hence it was called, by the AngloNormans, the “view of frank pledge,” visus frand plegii. 4 Bl. Comm. 273; Spelman, voc. “Leta;” 4 Inst. 261; Mirr. c. 1, § 10; 2 Hawk. P. C. 72; 1 Crabb, Real Prop. 495, § 637 et seq.; Tomlin. It has, however, latterly fallen into almost total desuetude; its business having, for the most part, gradually devolved upon the quarter sessions. 4 Steph. Comm. 340. See “Leet;” “Frank Pledge;” “View of Frank Pledge.”
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(Law Lat. cuno letae, the court of the leet). A court of record in England, held once or twice in every year within a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet, for the preservation of the peace, and the punishment of all trivial misdemeanors. Kitch. Cts. Its original intent was to view the frank pledges, that is, the freemen of the liberty who anciently were all mutually pledges for the good behavior of each other, and hence it was called, by the AngloNormans, the “view of frank pledge,” visus frand plegii. 4 Bl. Comm. 273; Spelman, voc. “Leta;” 4 Inst. 261; Mirr. c. 1, § 10; 2 Hawk. P. C. 72; 1 Crabb, Real Prop. 495, § 637 et seq.; Tomlin. It has, however, latterly fallen into almost total desuetude; its business having, for the most part, gradually devolved upon the quarter sessions. 4 Steph. Comm. 340. See “Leet;” “Frank Pledge;” “View of Frank Pledge.”
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