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• lairwite — lairwite, or lairesite /lerwayt/ A fine for adultery or fornication, anciently paid to the lords of some manors lecherwite, lairwite, or legerwite /lecharwayt, lerwayt, lejsrwayt/ At common law, a fine for adultery or fornication, anciently paid… …   Black's law dictionary

• lairwite — lairwite, or lairesite /lerwayt/ A fine for adultery or fornication, anciently paid to the lords of some manors lecherwite, lairwite, or legerwite /lecharwayt, lerwayt, lejsrwayt/ At common law, a fine for adultery or fornication, anciently paid… …   Black's law dictionary

• lairwite, or lairesite — /lerwayt/ A fine for adultery or fornication, anciently paid to the lords of some manors lecherwite, lairwite, or legerwite /lecharwayt, lerwayt, lejsrwayt/ At common law, a fine for adultery or fornication, anciently paid to the lords of certain …   Black's law dictionary

• lairwite, or lairesite — /lerwayt/ A fine for adultery or fornication, anciently paid to the lords of some manors lecherwite, lairwite, or legerwite /lecharwayt, lerwayt, lejsrwayt/ At common law, a fine for adultery or fornication, anciently paid to the lords of certain …   Black's law dictionary

• Lairwite — The fine and/or offence of fornication. In *LHP the offence is known in Latin as legerwita and is considered one of the minor offences (minora forisfacta) like *fihtwite. The jurisdiction for such offences was with the offender s lord, assuming… …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

• lecherwite — lairwite, or lairesite /lerwayt/ A fine for adultery or fornication, anciently paid to the lords of some manors lecherwite, lairwite, or legerwite /lecharwayt, lerwayt, lejsrwayt/ At common law, a fine for adultery or fornication, anciently paid… …   Black's law dictionary

• legerwite — lairwite, or lairesite /lerwayt/ A fine for adultery or fornication, anciently paid to the lords of some manors lecherwite, lairwite, or legerwite /lecharwayt, lerwayt, lejsrwayt/ At common law, a fine for adultery or fornication, anciently paid… …   Black's law dictionary

• lairesite — lairwite, or lairesite /lerwayt/ A fine for adultery or fornication, anciently paid to the lords of some manors lecherwite, lairwite, or legerwite /lecharwayt, lerwayt, lejsrwayt/ At common law, a fine for adultery or fornication, anciently paid… …   Black's law dictionary

• lecherwite — lairwite, or lairesite /lerwayt/ A fine for adultery or fornication, anciently paid to the lords of some manors lecherwite, lairwite, or legerwite /lecharwayt, lerwayt, lejsrwayt/ At common law, a fine for adultery or fornication, anciently paid… …   Black's law dictionary

• legerwite — lairwite, or lairesite /lerwayt/ A fine for adultery or fornication, anciently paid to the lords of some manors lecherwite, lairwite, or legerwite /lecharwayt, lerwayt, lejsrwayt/ At common law, a fine for adultery or fornication, anciently paid… …   Black's law dictionary