An exposition of certaine difficult and obscure words, and termes of the lawes of this realme, newly set forth & augmented, both in French & English, for the help of such yong students, as are desirous to attaine to the knowledge of the same
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An exposition of certaine difficult and obscure words, and termes of the lawes of this realme, newly set forth & augmented, both in French & English, for the help of such yong students, as are desirous to attaine to the knowledge of the same
Author
Rastell, John, d. 1536.
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At London :: Printed by th'assignee of Charles Yetsweirt Esq. deceased. Cum priuilegio Regiæ Maiestatis,
1595.
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Law -- England -- Dictionaries -- Early works to 1800.
Law -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
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"An exposition of certaine difficult and obscure words, and termes of the lawes of this realme, newly set forth & augmented, both in French & English, for the help of such yong students, as are desirous to attaine to the knowledge of the same." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A10426.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 23, 2025.
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An, iour & wast.
AN, iour & wast, is a for∣faiture whē a man hath committed petit treason, or felony, and hath landes which he holdeth of some comon person, which shall be seised for the Quéene, and remaine in her hands by the space of one yéere & a day next after the attain∣der, and then the trées shalbe digged vp, the hou∣ses shalbee rased & pulled downe, and the pastures & meadowes ••yred and plo∣wed vp, so yt he to whome the lande should come by eschete or forfaiture do not redeeme it of the King, a thing the more to greeue the offenders and terrifie others to fall into the like, in shewing how the lawe doth detest their offence so farre foorth as that it doth execute iudgement &
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punishmēt euen vpō their dumme & dead things.
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