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  • KENILWORTH EDICT
    An edict or award between Henry III. and those who had been in arms against him; so called because made at Kenilworth Castle, in Warwickshire, anno 51 Hen. III., A. D. 1266. It contained a composition of those who had forfeited their estates in that rebellion, which composition was five More...
  • KENNING TO A TERCE
    In Scotch law. The act of the sheriff in ascertaining the just proportion of the husband's lands which belong to the widow in right of her terce or dower. Bell.
  • KENTLAGE
    In maritime law. A permanent ballast, consisting usually of pigs of iron, cast in a particular form, or other weighty material, which, on account of its superior cleanliness, and the small space occupied by it, is frequently preferred to ordinary ballast Abb. Shipp. 5.
  • KENTREF
    The division of a county; a hundred in Wales. See CANTBBD. '
  • KENTUCKY RESOLUTIONS
    A series of resolutions drawn up by Jefferson, and adopted by the legislature of Kentucky in 1799, protesting against the "alien and sedition laws," declaring their Illegality, announcing the strict constructionist theory of the federal government, and declaring "nullification" to be "the rightful remedy."
  • KERF
    The jagged end of a stick of wood made by the cutting. Pub. St Mass. 1882, p. 1292.
  • KERHERE
    A customary cart-way; also a commutation for a customary carriage-duty. Cowell.
  • KERNELLATUS
    Fortified or embattled. Co. Litt 5o.
  • KERNES
    In English law. Idlers; vagabonds.
  • KEY
    A wharf for the lading and unlading of merchandise from vessels. More common iy spelled "quay." An Instrument for fastening and opening a lock. This appears as an English word as early as the time of Bracton, in the phrase "cone et keye" being applied to women at a certain More...
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