vill

vill
In old English law, a division of a hundred or wapentake; a town or a city.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


vill
In old English law, a division of a hundred or wapentake; a town or a city.

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  • Vill — Vill, n. [OF. ville, vile, a village, F. ville a town, city. See {Villa}.] A small collection of houses; a village. Every manor, town, or vill. Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster] Not should e er the crested fowl From thorp or vill his matins sound for… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Vill — is a term used in English history to describe a land unit which might otherwise be described as a parish, manor or tithing.The term is used in the period immediately after the Norman conquest and into the late medieval. Land units in Domesday are …   Wikipedia

  • Vill. — Vill., bei Pflanzennamen Abkürzung für Dominique Villars (spr. wilár), geb. 1745 im Dauphiné, gest. 1814 als Professor der Botanik in Straßburg. Flora Südfrankreichs …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Vill — Von Nordwesten: Vill, dahinter Igls Vill ist ein Stadtteil (Katastralgemeinde) Innsbrucks. 1942 wurde er nach Innsbruck eingemeindet. Der Ort liegt am Abhang einer Mittelgebirgsterrasse südlich vom Innsbrucker Zentrum, auf 817 m Höhe. In Vill… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • vill — ab·be·vill·i·an; bath·vill·ite; lou·is·vill·ian; vill; ab·be·vill·e·an; vaude·vill·ist; …   English syllables

  • Vill — Administrative unit containing about 5 to 10 Hides and inhabitants. Equivalent to the secular parish. The vill usually contained several manors. As the feudal system declined, the vill took over importance from the hundred and manor. Later, the… …   Medieval glossary

  • Vill. — Dominique Villars Pour les articles homonymes, voir Villars. Dominique Villars. Dominique Villars (ou Vilars) est un botaniste …   Wikipédia en Français

  • vill — In old English law, this word was used to signify the parts into which a hundred or wapentake was divided. It also signifies a town or city. villa est ex pluribus mansionibus vicinata, et collata ex pluribus vicinis, et sub appellatione villarum… …   Black's law dictionary

  • Vill' Apparts Meublés — (Руан,Франция) Категория отеля: Адрес: 71 Route de Lyons La Foret, 76000 Р …   Каталог отелей

  • Vill ha dej — Infobox Single Name = Vill ha dej / I Want You Caption = Artist = Freestyle from Album = Fantasi A side = Vill ha dej B side = I Want You Released = 1980 Format = 7 Recorded = Genre = Synthpop Length = 14:33 Label = Sound of Scandinavia Writer =… …   Wikipedia

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