| 单词 | tenure in capite |
| 释义 | > as lemmastenure in capite 2. tenure in capite: tenure by which land was held immediately of the Crown. Also tenant in capite. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [phrase] > directly from the Crown tenure in capite1579 1579 Rastell's Expos. Termes Lawes (new ed.) f. 184v Tenure in capite is where any holde of ye Queene as of her person beinge Queene, and of her Crowne as of a Lordshippe by it selfe in grosse, & in chiefe aboue al other lordshipes. 1600 W. Fulbecke Direct. Study Lawe viii. f. 80v The third part of the land of the tenant in Capite, which the king hath after his death. 1671 T. Madox (title) Baronia Anglica, a History of Land-Honours and Baronies, and of Feudal Tenure in capite. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (ed. 2) II. 60 All tenures being thus derived..from the king, those that held immediately under him..were called his tenants in capite, or in chief. 1817 European Mag. Mar. 197 The feodal system..conferred no legislative rights, but by tenure in capite. 1910 C. C. Hall Narr. Early Maryland 104 Free and common socage..differs from a tenure in capite by knights' service only in that the uncertain military service required by the latter is, under the former, commuted for a fixed tribute. 2001 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 2 Oct. 32 Thomas de Berkeley was described as holding as Tenant in Capite (Tenant in Chief) a part of St Thomas Street. < as lemmas |
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