Legal Definition and Related Resources of Ceorl
Meaning of Ceorl
A tenant at will of free condition, who held land of the thane on condition of paying rent or services. A freeman of inferior rank occupied in husbandry. Spelman. Those who tilled the outlands paid rent; those who occupied or tilled the inlands, or demesne, rendered services. Under the Norman rule, this term, as did others which denoted workmen, especially those which applied to the conquered race, became a term of reproach, as is indicated by the popular signification of churl. Cowell; Spelman.
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Concept of “Ceorl, Carl, Churl, Ceorlus”
Traditional meaning of ceorl, carl, churl, ceorlus in English (with some legal use of this saxon and latin concepts in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) A freeman of inferior rank; a tenant at will by rents or services; a husbandman.
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- Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Ceorl, Carl, Churl, Sax., Ceorlus”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.
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