High, middle and low justice
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High, middle and low justices is a distinction drawn to describe descending degrees of judicial power to administer justice by the maximal punishment the holders could inflict upon their subjects and
Hand of justice displayed at the Louvre, Paris
Lord of the manor
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A lord of the manor, in Anglo-Saxon England and Norman England, is the landholder of a rural estate. The titles date to the English feudal system. The lord enjoyed manorial rights as well as seignory,
High, middle and low justice
…justice, minor pleas, and petty offences generally settled by fines or light corporal punishment. It was held by many lesser authorities, including many lords of the manor, who sat in justice over the serfs, unfree tenants, and freeholders on their land. Middle justice would involve full civil and criminal jurisdiction…
Ightham Mote, a 14th-century moated manor house near Sevenoaks, Kent, England
Manor house in Crofton, West Yorkshire
Bayeux Tapestry scene 23 Harold sacramentum fecit Willelmo duci
Reeve and Serfs