hundred court

  • 1Hundred court — Hundred Hun dred (h[u^]n dr[e^]d), n. [OE. hundred, AS. hundred a territorial division; hund hundred + a word akin to Goth. ga ra[thorn]jan to count, L. ratio reckoning, account; akin to OS. hunderod, hund, D. hondred, G. hundert, OHG. also hunt …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2Hundred Court — In English law, a larger court baron, being held for all the inhabitants of a particular hundred, instead of a manor. The free suitors were the judges, and the steward the registrar, as in the case of a court baron. It was not a court of record,… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 3Hundred Court — In English law, a larger court baron, being held for all the inhabitants of a particular hundred, instead of a manor. The free suitors were the judges, and the steward the registrar, as in the case of a court baron. It was not a court of record,… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 4hundred court — A larger court baron which was held for all the inhabitants of a particular hundred, instead of a manor. Not a court of record. See 3 Bl Comm 34 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 5Hundred — Hun dred (h[u^]n dr[e^]d), n. [OE. hundred, AS. hundred a territorial division; hund hundred + a word akin to Goth. ga ra[thorn]jan to count, L. ratio reckoning, account; akin to OS. hunderod, hund, D. hondred, G. hundert, OHG. also hunt, Icel.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 6Court houses in New South Wales — were designed by the Colonial Architect, later known as the Government Architect. Contents 1 Current role 2 History of New South Wales Local Courts 3 Court house buildings of New South Wales …

    Wikipedia

  • 7hundred — /hun drid/, n., pl. hundreds, (as after a numeral) hundred, adj. n. 1. a cardinal number, ten times ten. 2. a symbol for this number, as 100 or C. 3. a set of this many persons or things: a hundred of the men. 4. hundreds, a number between 100… …

    Universalium

  • 8Hundred (country subdivision) — A hundred is a geographic division formerly used in England, Wales, Denmark, South Australia and some parts of the USA, Germany (Southern Schleswig), Sweden (and today s Finland) and Norway, which historically was used to divide a larger region… …

    Wikipedia

  • 9hundred — n ( es/ ) hundred (number); hundred (political district), hundred court, assembly of the men of a hundred; hundredes ealdor/man head of the hundred court, centurion …

    Old to modern English dictionary

  • 10hundred lagh — /handrad 167. The law of the hundred, or hundred court; liability to attend the hundred court …

    Black's law dictionary