See also:

• SEIGNORY, or SEIGNIORY (Fr. seigneur, lord; Lat. senior, elder)

SEIGNORY, or SEIGNIORY (Fr. seigneur, See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord; See also:

• LAT

Lat. See also:

• SENIOR, NASSAU WILLIAM (1790-1864)

senior, See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder)  , in See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, the lordship remaining to a grantor after the See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant of an See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate in See also:

• FEE

fee-See also:

• SIMPLE

simple . There is no See also:

• LAND

land in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England without its See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord: " Nulle terre sans seigneur " is the old feudal See also:

• MAXIM, SIR HIRAM STEVENS (184o- )

maxim . Where no other lord can be discovered the See also:

• CROWN

crown is lord as lord See also:

• PARAMOUNT (Anglo-Fr. paramont, up above, par el mont, up or on top of the mountain)

paramount . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal incidents of a See also:

• SEIGNORY, or SEIGNIORY (Fr. seigneur, lord; Lat. senior, elder)

seignory were an See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath of fealty; a " quit " or " See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief " See also:

• RENT

rent; a " See also:

• RELIEF

relief " of one See also:

• YEAR

year's quit rent, and the right of See also:

• ESCHEAT (O. Fr. esthete, from escheoir, to fall to one's share; Lat. excidere, to fall out)

escheat . In return for these privileges the lord was liable to forfeit his rights if he neglected to protect and defend the See also:

• TENANT (from Lat. tenere, to hold)

tenant or did anything injurious to the feudal relation . Every seignory now existing must have been created before the See also:

• STATUTE

Statute of Quia Emptores (1290), which forbade the future creation of estates in fee-simple by See also:

• SUBINFEUDATION

subinfeudation . The only seignories of any importance at See also:

• PRESENT

present are the lord-See also:

• SHIPS

ships of manors . They are regarded as incorporeal hereditaments, and are either appendant or in See also:

• GROSS

gross . A seignory appendant passes with the grant of the See also:

• MANOR

manor; a seignory in gross—that is, a seignory which has been severed from the See also:

• DEMESNE (DEMESNE, DEMAIN, DOMAIN, &c.)

demesne lands of the manor to which it was originally appendant—must be specially conveyed by See also:

• DEED (in O. Eng. dead, from the stem of the verb " to do ")

deed of grant . See also:

• FREEHOLD

Freehold land may be enfranchised by a See also:

• CONVEYANCE

conveyance of the seignory to the freehold tenant, but it does not extinguish the tenant's right of See also:

• COMMON

common (See also:

• BARING

Baring v . See also:

• ABINGDON

Abingdon, 1892, 2 Ch . 374) .

By s . 3 (ii.) of the Settled Land See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1882, the tenant for See also:

• LIFE

life of a manor is empowered to sell the seignory of any freehold land within the manor, and by s . 21 (v.) the See also:

• PURCHASE

purchase of the seignory of any See also:

• PART

part of settled land being freehold land, is an authorized application of See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital See also:

• MONEY

money arising under the act .