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CATEGORY (click to search)	Subcategories of {BC:12}: Law: Legal right
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BC:12:a	Law: Legal right: Right of specific class/person/place
27492 clergy 8767 clergie 2065 cleargie 1879 prerogative 1822 citizens 1273 immunities 1116 sanctuary 833 franchises 770 priviledges 736 cleargy 648 liberties 618 citizen 456 priviledge 435 prerogatives 358 prerogatiue 331 sanctuarie 316 privileges 294 franchise 289 clergies 246 priviledged 246 liberty 216 immunity 180 privilege 177 civility 134 freedom 131 priviledge 128 priuiledge 87 priuiledged 86 charter 79 priuiledge 65 priuiledges 61 prerogatiues 59 optant 55 burgeyses 53 civilities 52 priviledg'd 48 sanctuaries 47 privileged 45 freely 44 immunitie 42 priviledged 41 fraunchise 40 franchised 37 cittizens 36 ciuilitie 36 priuiledged 32 freedoms 30 freemen 30 priviledg 30 priuileged 30 freedomes 29 enfranchised 28 franchises 28 free 27 freedome 27 priuileges 26 clergys 25 ciuility 23 optant 23 barons 23 cittizen 23 freeman 23 priuilege 22 privileged 21 baron 18 franchise 18 priviledg'd 18 privilege 14 burgeyses 14 civilitie 14 citezens 13 fraunchised 13 libertie 11 peculiars 11 praerogative 11 enfranchise 10 burgessys
BC:12:b	Law: Legal right: Right of possession/ownership
28355 heir 21935 inheritance 19608 heirs 12130 heire 9099 heires 8635 tenant 8244 tenants 5931 capite 5372 residue 4496 tenure 3116 succession 3070 patrimony 3039 heritage 2677 remnant 2658 succeeded 2293 tenements 1763 tenures 1638 volunt 1626 lessee 1402 inheritaunce 1357 birthright 1351 inheritances 1306 succeed 1278 freehold 1232 seisin 1185 freeholders 1071 tenement 1051 mediately 1035 patrimonie 784 tenaunt 777 disinherited 708 descent 677 heiress 621 inherit 619 coheirs 614 success 588 disinherit 572 herytage 570 reversion 569 feu 557 hereditaments 535 remnants 507 legitime 483 escheat 461 coheir 456 patrimonies 455 lien 446 due 445 tennants 444 remnaunt 433 possession 413 title 412 capite 398 succeeding 346 lord 345 tenauntes 337 copyhold 333 mesne 320 successe 309 tennant 307 succeeds 299 liferent 290 disherited 285 widowhood 262 title 260 mortmain 255 freeholder 250 entire 246 landholders 241 superiours 237 socage 236 escheator 234 eviction 232 fee 229 limitation 229 copyholder 226 fiefs 223 fief 221 freeholds 220 remenaunt 218 successively 210 escheated 201 disherison 196 superiors 187 escheats 177 heritages 173 kindness 171 apparent 167 removing 166 inherited 163 barony 163 escheat 158 inheritrix 158 lessees 157 parentage 156 heirship 155 apparences 154 disinheriting 153 hereditarily 152 residuum 150 intire 150 parceners 150 inheritable 148 hereditary 144 to 143 coming 142 tenantes 142 escuage 135 disinherited 133 dominion 131 evicted 130 holding 130 escheators 129 liferent 128 tenaunte 128 attorn 127 discent 126 tenancy 122 befall 118 seises 118 devolved 115 terce 115 heritors 114 purparty 114 survivers 114 coparceners 113 successions 113 traduced 111 traduce 110 copartner 109 remainder 105 widdowhood 104 disinheriting 104 heritance 104 villenage 102 liferenter 102 disinherite 100 primogeniture 99 fees 99 disherite 98 succeedeth 95 frank-marriage 94 fiar 93 fee-farm 93 attornment 93 retour 91 termor 90 befell 88 tenaunts 85 disherit 85 disinherison 84 succeede 84 lords 83 hotchpotch 82 reversions 81 possessions 81 inheriting 80 copartnership 79 reuersion 78 living 78 fellow-heirs 77 kindly 77 posteriority 75 evict 74 disinheritance 73 copartners 73 heiresses 73 courtesie 72 birthrights 72 feudataries 71 discontinuance 70 lapse 69 successes 68 disherited 67 descents 67 demaines 67 succeded 65 remenant 65 deduced 65 inherite 64 inheriting 64 sufferance 63 superiour 62 lapsed 60 escheated 60 feuars 59 gavelkind 58 heritor 57 patrimonial 57 limitations 57 long-acre 56 liferenters 55 life-rent 55 lay-fees 55 ward-lands 54 ancestors 54 cerning 53 remnaunte 53 hereditament 53 feudal
BC:12:b:01	Law: Legal right: Right of possession/ownership: Tenure of property
	8635 tenant 8244 tenants 5931 capite 4496 tenure 2293 tenements 1763 tenures 1638 volunt 1626 lessee 1278 freehold 1232 seisin 1185 freeholders 1071 tenement 1051 mediately 784 tenaunt 569 feu 445 tennants 412 capite 346 lord 345 tenauntes 337 copyhold 333 mesne 309 tennant 299 liferent 260 mortmain 255 freeholder 250 entire 246 landholders 241 superiours 237 socage 229 limitation 229 copyholder 226 fiefs 223 fief 221 freeholds 214 fee 196 superiors 163 barony 158 lessees 157 parentage 150 intire 142 escuage 142 tenantes 130 holding 129 liferent 128 tenaunte 128 attorn 126 tenancy 118 seises 104 villenage 102 liferenter 95 frank-marriage 95 fees 94 fiar 93 fee-farm 93 attornment 91 termor 88 tenaunts 84 lords 78 living 77 posteriority 73 courtesie 72 feudataries 67 demaines 64 sufferance 63 superiour 60 feuars 57 limitations 56 liferenters 55 life-rent 55 lay-fees 55 ward-lands 53 superior 53 feudal 52 gavelkind 52 tacksmen 51 fee-tail 50 liferents 49 copyholders 48 kindly 47 manurance 45 burgage 45 immediately 44 customary 44 mesnalty 42 life-rent 42 baronies 41 feudatary 41 rent 40 curtesie 37 copyholds 37 rents 37 sergeanty 36 field-book 34 frank-tenement 33 feoffee 33 liferenter 33 seisins 33 seised 32 commended 32 immediate 31 adscription 30 fee-farms 30 lay-fee 29 enfranchisement 29 under-tenant 28 several 28 borderers 28 seizure 27 freely 26 socmen 26 tacksman 26 manuring 26 dominical 25 fiars 25 sokeman 24 domain 24 courtesies 24 vidame 23 under-tenants 23 landholder 23 overland 22 copyholder 21 tenanted 21 liuing 21 demaynes 20 pendicles 19 tenementez 19 free 18 villans 17 ward-holdings 17 villan 17 base 17 joint-tenants 17 inholder 17 feoffees 17 seisure 16 pendicle 16 sokemen 16 farmer 16 inlands 16 courtesy 16 timariots 16 seise 15 tenant 15 villains 15 feuar 15 tennantes 14 sockmans 14 seises 14 rentaller 14 frank-fee 14 terre-tenants 14 manured 13 tymar 13 tenaunt 13 homagers 13 copy 13 borough-english 13 roturier 13 seise 13 life-rents 12 mesnes 12 swaine 12 tacks 12 domains 12 frank-tenement 12 severall 12 infranchisement 12 laen 12 liferented 12 leese 11 relieve 11 commend 11 villanage 11 villain 11 in 11 swain 11 socagers 10 sokemanry 10 tack 10 benefice 10 beneficiary 10 farmers 10 life-rent
BC:12:b:02	Law: Legal right: Right of possession/ownership: Eviction from property
	234 eviction 167 removing 131 evicted 75 evict 17 remouing 14 ouster
BC:12:b:03	Law: Legal right: Right of possession/ownership: Right to succeed to title/position/estate
	14549 inheritance 1357 birthright 1065 inheritaunce 873 inheritances 173 kindness 119 succession 114 survivers 100 primogeniture 85 hereditary 72 birthrights 53 kindnesse 34 heirship 31 remainder 29 kindly 27 inheritable 26 hereditable 26 inheritaunces 18 fee 18 heritably 18 survivance 13 by 11 kindnesses
BC:12:b:04	Law: Legal right: Right of possession/ownership: Succession
	28355 heir 19608 heirs 12130 heire 9099 heires 5372 residue 3070 patrimony 3039 heritage 2997 succession 2677 remnant 2658 succeeded 1306 succeed 1035 patrimonie 777 disinherited 708 descent 677 heiress 619 coheirs 614 success 612 inherit 588 disinherit 572 herytage 557 hereditaments 535 remnants 507 legitime 461 coheir 456 patrimonies 444 remnaunt 398 succeeding 320 successe 307 succeeds 290 disherited 285 widowhood 220 remenaunt 218 successively 201 disherison 177 heritages 171 apparent 163 inherited 158 inheritrix 155 apparences 154 disinheriting 153 hereditarily 152 residuum 150 parceners 143 coming 143 to 135 disinherited 127 discent 123 inheritable 122 heirship 122 befall 118 devolved 115 terce 115 heritors 114 purparty 114 coparceners 113 traduced 111 traduce 110 copartner 109 successions 105 widdowhood 104 disinheriting 104 heritance 102 disinherite 99 disherite 98 succeedeth 93 retour 90 befell 85 disherit 85 disinherison 84 succeede 83 hotchpotch 81 inheriting 80 copartnership 78 fellow-heirs 78 remainder 74 disinheritance 73 copartners 73 heiresses 69 successes 68 disherited 67 descents 67 succeded 65 remenant 65 deduced 64 inheriting 63 hereditary 62 inherite 58 heritor 57 patrimonial 57 long-acre 54 ancestors 54 cerning 53 remnaunte 53 hereditament 50 befallen 50 survivorship 48 apparant 48 fortune 47 patrymony 47 widdow-hood 46 parcener 45 disheriting 45 traducing 44 discontinuee 44 coparcener 42 deduce 39 apparence 38 retour 37 disinherit 36 expectant 36 terces 35 retoured 35 retoured 32 long-acre 32 apparency 31 inherits 31 devolve 30 descendible 30 hotchpot 30 cretion 29 legitimes 29 remenaunte 28 patrimoniall 27 inheritage 27 disinherits 26 down 24 reversioner 24 vindication 23 successive 23 disheritance 22 disheriting 22 remainer 22 retours 22 succede 20 successiuely 19 remnaunts 17 inheritrice 16 remainders 16 widowhoode 16 purpart 16 herit 15 widowhead 15 apparencies 15 befalls 15 handed 15 exheredation 14 residu 14 purparties 14 discents 14 befal 13 demised 13 tercer 13 portion 12 dower 12 fortunes 12 herit 12 devolv'd 12 devolves 12 succed 11 ancestor 11 deducing 11 befel 11 succeding 10 reversion 10 dowry 10 fellow-heir
BC:12:c	Law: Legal right: Rights to do/use something
1062 fishing 958 toll 719 market 416 tolle 270 wares 258 markets 251 patentees 228 ware 202 tolls 171 patentee 166 patent 128 prender 113 superficies 112 ingress 97 fishery 60 prender 57 patents 56 mover 53 ingresse 42 watering 35 freedom 34 easement 34 mercat 33 ferry 33 stillicidium 31 pound 31 fishings 27 vert 22 rod 19 pounds 19 mouer 18 copy 18 wrack 16 settlement 14 fisheries 13 fysshynge 13 multures 13 stillatory 13 wracke 12 rods 12 relief 11 markette 10 copies 10 shooting 10 patent
BC:12:d	Law: Legal right: Withdrawal/loss of legal rights
1770 attainted 1635 attainder 592 renounce 426 divest 421 divested 373 devest 372 devested 334 surrender 286 attainders 272 renounced 217 attaint 212 attainted 208 surrender 155 renouncing 125 surrendred 117 devesting 104 attaint 87 disfranchised 72 renunciation 67 disclaimer 61 divesting 43 divests 42 devests 39 remised 38 surrendring 37 surrendered 37 attainture 36 infamous 33 attainting 28 estoppel 27 non-user 26 attaindure 26 attaints 26 lapsed 25 renounces 22 surrenders 22 renounc'd 22 disfranchise 22 disfranchisement 22 infamy 21 remise 20 surrenders 20 surrender'd 14 surrendry 12 acquitted 12 attaintments 11 diuested
BC:12:e	Law: Legal right: Resumption/restoration of rights
179 remitter 54 repone 19 postliminium 18 repose 18 reposed 14 rehabilitation 11 repones