Abishering

What does Abishering mean in American Law?

The definition of Abishering in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

A privilege, sometimes conferred as part of a feudal grant, to be free of amercements within the stipulated location, and sometimes to receive or share in amercements collected from others. Also written “abishersing,” “mishering,” and “mishersing.” Indeed, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, “abishering” is just an error in Rostel for “mishering.”

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