单词 | within the verge |
释义 | > as lemmaswithin the verge a. within the verge, within an area subject to the jurisdiction of the Lord High Steward, defined as extending to a distance of twelve miles round the King's court. Also with in, and frequently const. of (the court, etc.). Obsolete exc. Historical.The phrase is a rendering of Anglo-Norman dedeinz la verge (in Anglo-Latin infra virgam), in which verge originally referred to the Steward's rod of office (see sense 4a); in early use the full expression verge de noster hostel (Latin virga hospitii nostri) is employed. In the 18th century commonly denoting the precincts of Whitehall as a place of sanctuary. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal power > [phrase] > in area of specific jurisdiction within the verge1509 1509–10 Act 1 Hen. VIII c. 14 §1 The Lorde Stuarde of the Kynges House..wythin the Verge and Justices of Assize, and Justices of the Peace,..have also power to inqwere..of every Defaulte. 1529 Articles against Wolsey in R. Fiddes Life Wolsey (1724) Collect. 221 According to the ancient Custom us'd within your verge. a1601 W. Lambarde Archion (1635) 45 That the Marshall of the Kings House, have the place of the King, to heare and determine Pleas of the Crowne within the Verge. 1604 Proclam. Prices Victuals 10 July The Clarkes of the market of our Houshold within the Verge of our Court. 1643 in Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion (1703) II. vi. 92 That both He, and the Lord Herbert,..may likewise be restrain'd from coming within the Verge of the Court. 1669 E. Chamberlayne Present State Eng. 244 Murders..committed in the Court or within the Verge, which is every way within 12 miles of the chief Tunnel of the Court. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 101. ¶7 Men and Women were allowed to meet at Midnight in Masques within the Verge of the Court. 1764 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 375 M. D'Eon who was to have receiv'd his sentence on fryday last..chose rather to take post in the neighbourhood of Whitehall, in the Verge of the Court. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 448/1 The original court of the marshalsea is a court of record, to hear and determine causes between the servants of the king's household and others within the verge. < as lemmas |
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