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Concept of Englecery, Engleshire

Traditional meaning of englecery, engleshire [1] in the English common law history: The proving a person slain to be an Englishman, or the fact thereof, whereby the heavy fines imposed upon the hundred for the death of a Dane or Norman, for murdrum, were avoided. [rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”]

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1. Based on A concise law dictionary of words, phrases and maxims, “Englecery, Engleshire”, 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 Englecery, Engleshire.

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