Sheriff's Tourn
Look at other dictionaries:
Tourn — 1) Visitation carried out by the sheriff twice a year of all the hundreds in the county not in private hands. In the tourn, he held a view of the frankpledges and conducted a searching inquest into crime in the hundred. (Waugh, Scott. England in… … Medieval glossary
Tourn — Tourn, n. [See {Turn}] 1. A spinning wheel. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 2. (O.Eng.Law) The sheriff s turn, or court. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tourn — turn, or tourn /tarn/ In English law, the great courtleet of the county, as the old county court was the court baron. Of this the sheriff was judge, and the court was incident to his office; wherefore it was called the sheriffs tourn; and it had… … Black's law dictionary
Tourn — The tourn (tour, turn) was the circuit made by the sheriff in medieval England to the hundreds of his shire. Here he would preside over the hundred court. This court normally met every three weeks, but during the tourn, at Easter and Michaelmas… … Wikipedia
tourn — ˈtu̇(ə)rn noun ( s) Etymology: Anglo French, from Old French torn circuit more at tour 1. : the circuit or turn of an English sheriff to hold a court of record twice a year within a month after Easter a … Useful english dictionary
tourn — noun A circuit made by a medieval English sheriff to the courts of his shire … Wiktionary
Tourn — Circuit of his *county or jurisdiction made by a *sheriff twice each year; the visit of the court to each *hundred. [< OldFr. tourner = turn, rotate] … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
turn, or tourn — /tarn/ In English law, the great courtleet of the county, as the old county court was the court baron. Of this the sheriff was judge, and the court was incident to his office; wherefore it was called the sheriffs tourn; and it had its name… … Black's law dictionary
List of Acts of Parliament of the English Parliament to 1601 — This is a list of Acts of Parliament of the English Parliament during that body s existence prior to the Act of Union of 1707. For legislation passed after 1707 see List of Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliament.The numbers after the … Wikipedia
turn — turn, or tourn /tarn/ In English law, the great courtleet of the county, as the old county court was the court baron. Of this the sheriff was judge, and the court was incident to his office; wherefore it was called the sheriffs tourn; and it had… … Black's law dictionary
