landed interest
landed interest 土地权益 因对土地的保有、所有或占有而产生的地产权或其他权益。 (→estate in lands; landed estate)
gentleman. Hist. 1. A man of noble or gentle birth or rank; a man above the rank of yeoman. 2. A man belonging to the landed gentry. • Today the term has no precise legal meaning.
agrarian ([schwa]-grair-ee-[schwa]n), adj. Of or relating to land, land tenure, or a division of landed property. — agrarian, n.
per quae servitia (p[schwa]r kwee s[schwa]r-vish-ee-[schwa]). [Latin “by which services”] Hist. A real action by which the grantee of a landed estate could compel the tenants of the grantor to attorn to him. • This action was abolished in the 19th century.
Civil law. A servitude that is not merely an encumbrance of one piece of land but also accessory to another piece; the right of using one piece of land for the benefit of another, such as the right of support for a building. — Also termed real servitude; predial (or praedial) servitude; landed servitude. La.
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arcifinious (ahr-s[schwa]-fin-ee-[schwa]s), adj. [fr. Latin arcifinius “having irregular boundaries”] Civil law. 1. (Of a landed estate) having natural boundaries such as woods, mountains, or rivers. 2. (Of a country) having a frontier that forms a natural defense.
dry exchange. Something that pretends to pass on both sides of a transaction, but passes on only one side. “Dry exchange … seems to be a subtil term invented to disguise usury, in which something is pretended to pass on both sides, whereas in truth nothing passes on the one side.” Termes de la Ley
ceorl (chorl). Hist. A Saxon freeman who either possessed no landed property or held land of a thane by paying rent or providing services. • After the Norman Conquest, ceorls were reduced to the status of unfree villeins. Under Norman rule, the variant form of the word, churl, became associated with a base peasant, and