visnetn.
rare.† 1. A trial by jury. Obsolete.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun] > trial > trial by jury
visnet14..
assize1487
trial per pais1614
jury-trial1821
14.. in Sc. Acts Parl. (1814) I. 378/2 Na Galowa man aw to haf visnet bot gif he refus þe law of Galowa and ask visnet.
2. Historical. = visne n. 1.
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society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > jury > [noun] > summoned from neighbourhood > neighbourhood from which summoned
visne1449
visnet1872
1872 E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. 122 The Twelve-hides appears to have been usually regarded as a small visnet, or neighbourhood.
1872 E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. 137.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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