The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
court-leet — courtˈ leet noun (historical) A court of record held in a manor before the lord or his steward • • • Main Entry: ↑court * * * court leet «KRT LEET, KOHRT », noun. an English court, now nearly extinct, held before a lord or his steward, and having … Useful english dictionary
Court leet — See also: Leet The court leet was a historical court baron (a manorial court) of England and Wales and Ireland that exercised the view of frankpledge and its attendant police jurisdiction,[1] which was normally restricted to the hundred courts.… … Wikipedia
court leet — ▪ English law plural Courts Leet, or Court Leets, an English criminal court for the punishment of small offenses. The use of the word leet, denoting a territorial and a jurisdictional area, spread throughout England in the 14th century,… … Universalium
Court leet — Court of record for which a royal charter was required, usually held once or twice a year, to examine members of the hundred and to punish misdemeanours. Cf. Leet … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
Court-Leet — The name of an English court of record held once in the year, and not oftener, within a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet; being the king s court granted by charter to the lords of those hundreds or manors.… … Black's law dictionary
Court-Leet — The name of an English court of record held once in the year, and not oftener, within a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet; being the king s court granted by charter to the lords of those hundreds or manors.… … Black's law dictionary
court leet — noun (plural courts leet also court leets) : a court formerly held in England and the colonies with jurisdiction over civil matters and petty offenses and surviving in England only for ceremonial purposes … Useful english dictionary
court leet — /ˈkɔt lit/ (say kawt leet) noun → leet …
court-leet — An ancient English court presided over by the steward of the leet, with jurisdiction to try petty offenders and to hold preliminary examinations in felony cases … Ballentine's law dictionary
Court-leet — A court held by the possessors of large estates for the redressing of the wrongs of those living in the immediate neighbourhood … Medieval glossary
