What is CENS?

In French Canadian law. An annual tribute or due reserved to a seignior or lord, and imposed merely in recognition of his superiority. Guyot, Inst. c. 9.

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Related Legal Terms
DUM RE- CENS FUIT MALEFICIUM, RETRAIT, BANALITY, FOI, CHEMIER, AINESSE, CHEMERAGE, OCCASIO, REDEVANCE, DENOMBREMENT


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