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Sherefa—ll\vQ president of the Tourm. 



Side, cto?ifs= Wooden parts of a plough. 



;S^(!Y/i = Sc3^the. 



Skavel=A. draining spade, four inches wide and eight deep, 



Skep or skuttle = 'Ra,skQt narrow at bottom, wider at top. 



Skreine=k. basket. 



^oc = The lord's manorial privilege to hold a court of justice composed of 



socmen. 

 ySpence = The buttery or place where provisions were kept, sometimes 



also the feeding i-oom. 

 Sprig = An inferior kind of barley. 

 /SYa?Za!^e=:Seignorial toll on booths at fairs. 

 Staple^Term applied to those parts to which wool had to be sent prior 



to exportation, for fiscal purposes. 

 Sivainmote=T\\e verderer's forest court. 



jn?«m = Seignorial privilege to possess and judge the bondmen and 



villeins of a manor. 

 Te7'7'a Eeg is = ThQ Eoyal Manors. 

 Thane =The armed unit of the Anglo-Saxon host, who, after the Conquest, 



became identified with the knight. 

 rAeo^c' = Anglo-Saxon slave. 

 T7ir yf allow =The third of the three fallowings on the common arable 



field. 

 Tirorum 2^roductio = Th.G duty of recruiting the ranks of the national 



army. 

 ToZZ =Seignorial privilege of levying market dues. 

 Totem = ThG family symbol among the American Indians. 

 ToMrm = Sheriff's court of the county. 

 Trihutuvi capitis— The income tax charged by the Eoman State on the 



landed community. 

 Tributum soli^Tax charged by the Roman State on owners of per- 

 sonalty. 

 Trinoda necessitas=The three national obligations on alodial ownership. 

 Trust=A. right for any individual to receive the profits of land and 



dispose of the land itself as directed by the lawful owner. 



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Use=The profit or benefit from lands and tenements. 



Vautrer=A lurcher boarhound. 



Vavassour=The first of the vassalage in the scale of sub-infeudation. 



Vicus—The Teutonic gens. 



