(1):
(n.) The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.
(2):
(n.) An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township which the mill stands.
(3):
(n.) Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary burdens.
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