turn, or tourn

turn, or tourn
turn, or tourn
/tarn/ In English law, the great courtleet of the county, as the old county court was the court-baron. Of this the sheriff was judge, and the court was incident to his office; wherefore it was called the "sheriffs tourn;" and it had its name originally from the sheriff making a turn of circuit about his shire, and holding this court in each respective hundred
+ tourn
/turn/ In old English law, a court of record, having criminal jurisdiction, in each county, held before the sheriff, twice a year, in one place after another, following a certain circuit or rotation

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  • tourn — turn, or tourn /tarn/ In English law, the great courtleet of the county, as the old county court was the court baron. Of this the sheriff was judge, and the court was incident to his office; wherefore it was called the sheriffs tourn; and it had… …   Black's law dictionary

  • turn — turn, or tourn /tarn/ In English law, the great courtleet of the county, as the old county court was the court baron. Of this the sheriff was judge, and the court was incident to his office; wherefore it was called the sheriffs tourn; and it had… …   Black's law dictionary

  • Tourn — Tourn, n. [See {Turn}] 1. A spinning wheel. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 2. (O.Eng.Law) The sheriff s turn, or court. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • turn — I. verb Etymology: Middle English; partly from Old English tyrnan & turnian to turn, from Medieval Latin tornare, from Latin, to turn on a lathe, from tornus lathe, from Greek tornos; partly from Anglo French turner, tourner to turn, from… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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