Seigneur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Seigneur (French: "lord") may refer to: • The possessor of a seigneurie (fiefdom) in medieval feudal or manorial systems. • The Seigneurial system of New France • The hereditary feudal ruler of the...
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Droit de seigneur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Droit de seigneur ( , "the lord's right", same as latin " Jus primae noctis ") is a term now popularly used to describe an alleged legal right allowing the lord of an estate to take th...
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In underpopulated New France the habitants welcomed the fact that the seigneur was obligated to build a mill. They had no military duties to perform except their common defense against the Indians. There was little money and not much use for it;
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Democracy moves in on the island of Sark ... , the Seigneur holds the privilege of granting the Sarkees permission to buy and sell their houses; and he is also entitled to collect a treizieme - one-thirteenth of every land transaction. But not for long. Beaumont's days of occupying his unique position are numbered.
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the fiefdom of Sark gives way to Eurpean democracy ... The referendum ends the rule of the Seigneur of Sark - an inherited office which can be traced back to Hellier de Carteret, an aristocrat from Jersey who was granted the island by Elizabeth I in 1565 to keep it free of marauding privateers.
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As Seigneur of Sark, an island three miles long and one mile wide, 25 miles from the French coast, Beaumont's position is an enviable one. Since 1565, when Elizabeth I granted the island to the nobleman Hellier de Carteret in return for his protection against pirates, the Seigneurs have ruled this rock.
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Only the head of state, the Seigneur, has the right to keep pigeons or an unspayed female dog. ... They are understood to have been annoyed by the island's antiquated bylaws and by the Seigneur of Sark's refusal to allow one of their daughters any inheritance rights.
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www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/mar/09/britishidentity.samjo...
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