PROCLAMATION BY LORD OF MANOR

By SovConn | February 13, 2015

proclamation by lord of manor. Hist. A proclamation (repeated three times) made by the lord of a manor requiring an heir or devisee of a deceased copyholder to pay a fine and be admitted to the estate, failing which the lord could seize the lands provisionally.

[Blacks Law 8th]

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