| 单词 | tithing court |
| 释义 | > as lemmastithing court tithing court n. English History (now rare) a court for the settlement of minor disputes between the members of a tithing (sense 2). ΚΠ 1696 J. Tyrrell Gen. Hist. Eng. I. Gen. Introd. p. lxxxi (margin) The Decennary, or Tything Court. 1745 S. Squire Enq. Found. Eng. Constit. 235 In the tything-court all such lesser matters of dispute as might arise between the several masters of families of the same tything were heard and decided. 1847 Eclectic Rev. Sept. 318 The general..affairs of the neighbouring district..were discussed in the tithing court, the hundred court, and the county court. 1902 N. Case European Constit. Hist. 317 Gradually the Tithing Court was abandoned. 1977 C. Bonwick Eng. Radicals & Amer. Revol. vi. 169 Regular courts, called tithing courts, would keep the peace and adjust differences between neighbors without expense. < as lemmas |
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