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commandery (iou) and CONTINUAL CLAIM, English law (law)


commandery (iou)



commandery noun. . LME.
[French commanderie, formed as COMMANDER: see -ERY. Partly from medieval Latin commendaria, from commenda benefice.]
Hist. An estate, manor, etc., belonging to a religious and military order of knights, as the Knights Hospitallers. LME.
b. A conventual priory of a non-military religious order. M16.
An ecclesiastical or Other benefice held in commendam. M16-E19.
The tenure of command. L16-M17.
The rank of commander in an order of knighthood; a benefice or pension attached to such a commandership. E17.
A district under a commander. M17-E19.

CONTINUAL CLAIM, English law (law)


CONTINUAL CLAIM, English law. When the feoffee of land is prevented from taking possession by fear of menaces or bodily harm, he may make a claim to taking possession by fear of menaces or bodily harm, he may make a claim to the land in the presence of the vares[?], and if this claim is regularly madethe land in the presence of the vares[?], and if this claim is regularly madeonce every year and a day, which is then called a continual claim, it once every year and a day, which is then called a continual claim, it preserves to the feoffee his rights, and is equal to a legal entry. 3 Bl. preserves to the feoffee his rights, and is equal to a legal entry. 3 Bl. Com. 175; 2 Bl. Com. 320; 1 Chit. Pr. 278 (a) in note; Crabbe' s Inst. E. L. Com. 175; 2 Bl. Com. 320; 1 Chit. Pr. 278 (a) in note; Crabbe' s Inst. E. L. 403. 403.