Court-leet Sentence Examples

Before 1838, when Bolton was incorporated, the town was governed by a boroughreeve and two constables appointed at the annual court-leet.

The corporation was replaced by two constables chosen annually in the court leet of the manor until 1894, when an urban district council was appointed.

A court leet and view of frankpledge have been held here from time immemorial.

It was governed by a portreeve and bailiff, elected annually at the court leet held by the lord of the manor.

A court-leet and view of frank pledge used to be held half-yearly at Easter and Michaelmas, and a court-baron in May.

Until 1846 three constables were chosen annually at the court-leet to govern the place, but in that year the inhabitants obtained authority from parliament to appoint twenty-seven commissioners to undertake the local government.

No charter granting self-government to Wiveliscombe has been found, and the only evidence for the traditional existence of a borough is that part of the town is called "the borough," and that until the middle of the 19th century a bailiff and a portreeve were annually chosen by the court leet.

Bishop Waynflete is said to have confirmed the original charter in 1452, and in 1566 Bishop Horne granted a new charter by which the burgesses elected 2 bailiffs and 12 burgesses annually and did service at their own courts every three weeks, the court leet being held twice a year.

This arrangement lasted until 1565, when the burgesses put in a claim to their right of election, and it was decided that out of four burgesses nominated by the lord of the manor the jury of the court leet should select the mayor.

The yearly court-leet and court-baron are still held in October.

A court-leet and court-baron used to be held half-yearly, but both are now obsolete.

The borough was governed by two bailiffs, both elected at the court leet of the lord of the manor, one by his steward, the other by a borough.

Up to 1891 the lord of the manor held a court-leet and court-baron annually in November, but in that year Lord Lilford sold to the local board the market tolls, stallages and pickages, and since this sale the courts have lapsed.

It has been usual to make a distinction between court baron and court leet 1 as being separate courts, but in the early history of the court leet no such distinction 1 The history of the word "leet" is very obscure.

The court leet was a court of record, and its duty was not only to view the pledges but to present by jury all crimes that might happen within the jurisdiction, and punish the same.

The court leet began to decline in the 14th century, being superseded by the more modern courts of the justices, but in many cases courts leet were kept up until nearly the middle of the 19th century.

It was governed by a bailiff elected by the burgesses at the court leet of the lord of the manor, and never received a charter of incorporation.

Lampeter was first imcorporated under Edward II., but the earliest known charter dates from the reign of Henry VI., whereby the principal officer of the town, a portreeve, was to be appointed annually at the court-leet of the manor.

The lord of the manor still holds the ancient court-leet and court-baron halfyearly in May and November, in which cognizance is taken of breaches of agreement among the tenants, especially concerning the repair of roads and cultivation of lands.

The vestry represented the old assembly of the township, and retained so much of its business as had not been insensibly transferred to the court-baron and court-leet.

The lord of the manor holds a court leet half-yearly, in April and October, for the recovery of debts under 40s.

The business of the court baron or court leet is normally divided into different sections.

Kingsbridge was never represented in parliament or incorporated by charter, the government being by a portreeve, and down to the present day the steward of the manor holds a court leet and court baron and appoints a portreeve and constables.