presentment of Englishry (English, noun)
expansion: presentment of Englishry (plural presentments of Englishry)
Senses:
topics: law
glosses: successful proof or act of proving by the relatives of the deceased that one who had died suddenly was English, in order to avoid the fine levied (under the Norman kings) upon the hundred (an administrative subdivision) or township for the murder of a Norman
tags: historical
Forms:
form: presentments of Englishry
tags: plural