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(1):

(n.) The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.

(2):

(n.) An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township which the mill stands.

(3):

(n.) Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary burdens.