Word Meanings - THIRD-PENNY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A third part of the profits of fines and penalties imposed at the country court, which was among the perquisites enjoyed by the earl.

• Enjoying
  of Enjoy
• Imposement
  Imposition.
• Impostorship
  The condition, character, or practice of an impostor.
• Whichever
  Alt. of Whichsoever
• IMPOSTRESSIMPOSTRIX
  A woman who imposes upon or deceives others. [R.] Fuller.
• Court-baron
  An inferior court of civil jurisdiction, attached to a manor, and held by the steward; a baron's court; -- now fallen into disuse.
• Courtier
  One who is in attendance at the court of a prince; one who has an appointment at court.
• Courtiery
  The manners of a courtier; courtliness.
• Impostress
  Alt. of Impostrix
• Whichsoever
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one (of two or more) which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• THIRDBOROUGH
  An under constable. Shak. Johnson.
• Courtbred
  Bred, or educated, at court; polished; courtly.
• Court-leet
  A court of record held once a year, in a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet.
• Enjoyable
  Capable of being enjoyed or of giving joy; yielding enjoyment.
• Imposingly
  In an imposing manner.
• Impostrix
  A woman who imposes upon or deceives others.
• COUNTRYBANK
  A national bank not in a reserve city. [Colloq., U. S.]
• THIRDPENNY
  A third part of the profits of fines and penalties imposed at the country court, which was among the perquisites enjoyed by the earl.

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