COURT OF ANCIENT DEMESNE. In
Categories: Constitutional
Definition (1910 Edition)
Pnglish law. A court of peculiar constitution, held by a bailiff appointed by the king, ‘in which alone the tenants of the king’s demesne could be impleaded. 2 Burrows, 1046; 1 Spence, Eq. Jur. 100; 2 Bl. Comm. 99; 1
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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