Aver-corn

Concept of Aver-corn

Traditional meaning of aver-corn [1] in the English common law history: A reserved rent in corn, paid to religious houses by their tenants. Aver-land: land ploughed and manured by the tenants. Aver-peny: money paid to be freed from doing the King’s averages or carriages; see AVERAGE, 1. [rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”]

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Notes and References

1. Based on A concise law dictionary of words, phrases and maxims, “Aver-corn”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. This term and/or definition may be absolete. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary, based on a glossary of terms, included Aver-corn.

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