DICTUM DE KENILWORTH

dictum  de  Kenilworth  (dik-t<<schwa>>m  dee  ken-<<schwa>>l-w<<schwa>>rth),  n.[Law

Latin “edict of Kenilworth”] Hist. A declaration of an agreement between Edward I and the barons who  had  opposed  him  under  the  leadership  of  Simon  de  Montfort.  •  The  agreement,  which

concerned  rent  on  the  lands  forfeited  in  the  rebellion,  was  so  called  because  it  was  made  at

Kenilworth castle in Warwickshire in A.D. 1266. It was published in the Statutes of the Realm and

52 Hen. 3. [Blacks Law 8th]