† black-acrev.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: black acre n.

Etymology: < black acre n., perhaps with allusion to Mrs. Blackacre, a litigious widow, or her lawyer son, Jerry, in William Wycherley's play Plain Dealer (1677).Compare the following earlier use of Jerry Blackacre in sense ‘lawyer’:1699 E. Ward London Spy I. viii. 10 From thence we mov'd towards the upper end of the Hall, thro' such a crowd of Jerry Black-acres, that we were shov'd about like a couple of Owles, falln into a great company of Rooks and Jackdaws.

colloquial. Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. To litigate about landed property.

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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > go to law or litigate [verb (intransitive)] > litigate about land

black-acre1751

1751 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 67 She is now gone to town, black-acreing, to her lawyers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	black-acre
释义	† black-acrev. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: black acre n. Etymology: < black acre n., perhaps with allusion to Mrs. Blackacre, a litigious widow, or her lawyer son, Jerry, in William Wycherley's play Plain Dealer (1677).Compare the following earlier use of Jerry Blackacre in sense ‘lawyer’:1699 E. Ward London Spy I. viii. 10 From thence we mov'd towards the upper end of the Hall, thro' such a crowd of Jerry Black-acres, that we were shov'd about like a couple of Owles, falln into a great company of Rooks and Jackdaws. colloquial. Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To litigate about landed property. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > go to law or litigate [verb (intransitive)] > litigate about land black-acre1751 1751 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 67 She is now gone to town, black-acreing, to her lawyers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < v.1751
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