Cinque Ports

English Law: Cinque Ports in the Past

Literally, five ports. There is further information on this topic in this legal reference. The name by which tho five ports of Hastings, Ramenhale, Hetha or Hethe, Dover and Sandwich, are known. 2. These ports have peculiar charges and services imposed upon them and were entitled to certain privileges and liberties. See Harg. L. Tr. 106-113. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”]

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1. Partialy, this information about cinque ports is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including cinque ports.

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Concept of Cinque Ports

Traditional meaning of cinque ports [1] in the English common law history: Five (now seven) ports on the S. E. coast of England having privileges of their own, with a governor called Lord Warden, and an exclusive jurisdiction of their own, for which they were bound to furnish a certain number of ships and men-at-arms to the King, — Romney, Dover, Sandwich, Hastings, Hythe, Winchelsea, and Rye. [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, “Cinque Ports”, 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 Cinque Ports.

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