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Erstwhile manorial court
Answer for the clue "Erstwhile manorial court ", 4 letters:
leet
Alternative clues for the word leet
Word definitions for leet in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
in reference to special court proceedings, late 13c., from Anglo-French lete , Anglo-Latin leta , of unknown origin; OED suggests possible connection to let (v.).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Leet is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Isaac Leet (1801–1844), American politician Mildred Robbins Leet (1922–2011), American businessman and philanthropist William Knox Leet (1833–1898), Irish Victoria Cross recipient
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pollack \Pol"lack\, n. [Cf. G. & D. pollack, and Gael. pollag a little pool, a sort of fish.] (Zo["o]l.) A marine gadoid food fish of Europe ( Pollachius virens ). Called also greenfish , greenling , lait , leet , lob , lythe , and whiting pollack . The ...
Usage examples of leet.
Leet of Galerie Leet was shaving for an evening engagement when Hannibal rang his bell.
He gave Monsieur Leet the drawings and his price written in a firm hand.
POPIL, IMPATIENT with the genteel tones of the door chime, banged upon the door of Galerie Leet in the Rue Saints-Peres.
Popil allowed Leet to marinate in this atmosphere for fifteen minutes before admitting him to the private office.
Jenna found the books Leet had read during his stay, and we looked through them.
Before he could react, she quickly closed the few leet that separated them and placed her hand on his shoulder.
Charles Far rant, over at Leet wood, is a good friend of mine, so I have spent some time there.
The river Yper Leet came in at the back of the town, and after mingling with the salt water in the ditches found its way to the sea through the channels known as the Old Haven and the Geule, the first on the west, the second on the east of the town.
Mr Pittle, the minister, our friend, had put him on the leet for an elder.
Ensign Kim was surprised at how tired his arms were, considering he had never lifted more than the weight of a Starr leet field pack in the entire journey.
When Juan Gabriel had mounted the leet ure platform to read from his books, he always wore that cape.
For the wise men say that such folk are no more within the law than kine be, and may not for their deeds be brought before leet or assize any more than kine.
And you had to two pounds out of the housekeeping were on tneletter leet now like.
A few land leets, disturbed by their presence, dragged themselves slowly from the rock.
Whether these be sins or virtues old Nobodaddy will tell us at doomsday leet.