engleshire

engleshire
/inglashriy/ A law was made by Canute, for the preservation of his Danes, that, when a man was killed, the hundred or town should be liable to be amerced, unless it could be proved that the person killed was an Englishman. This proof was called "Engleshire."

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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  • engleshire — /inglashriy/ A law was made by Canute, for the preservation of his Danes, that, when a man was killed, the hundred or town should be liable to be amerced, unless it could be proved that the person killed was an Englishman. This proof was called… …   Black's law dictionary

  • Valesheria — /vaekshirCOya/ In old English law, the proving by the kindred of the slain, one on the father s side, and another on that of the mother, that a man was a Welshman. See engleshire …   Black's law dictionary

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