steward of a Manor

steward of a Manor
In old English law, an important officer who had the general management of all forensic matters connected with the manor of which he was steward. He stood in much the same relation to the lord of the manor as an under-sheriff did to the sheriff

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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