WEST-SAXON LAW

By SovConn | April 9, 2013

West-Saxon law.Hist. A system of rules introduced by the West Saxons and one of the three principal legal systems prevailing in England in the beginning of the 11th century. • It was observed primarily in southern English counties from Kent to Devonshire. — Also termed West-Saxon lage. See MERCENLAGE; DANELAW.
[Blacks Law 8th]

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