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birelagia

birelagia, ~ium [ME birlaue] , ‘by-law’, village regulation about harvest, pasturage, etc. (cf.EHR XLV 208–31; v. et. binus 3). a1230 si contingat ‥ in predictis [bladis et pratis] dampnum fieri, emendabitur ‥ secundum consuetudinem ~ie Couch. Furness II 455; 1277 si averia nostra deliquerint in bladis vel pratis dicti W . ‥ sive sua in nostris ‥, ex utraque parte fient emende secundum birelegia absque placito Ib. I 84; 1298 per consideracionem totius byrrelagh’ CourtR Wakefield II 48; 1324 birelagh’ CourtR Lancs 34; exceptis legibus de burlawis RegiamM IV 39. 8; 1401 ad istud halmotum le Birlagh’men de Halton [Lancs] presentant quod R. D. [et] W. G. fregerunt eorum birlagh’ ab antiquo usitat’ DL CourtR 3/42 r. 4; 1575 ordinatum est per juratores ‥ omnia bilegia preantea per ipsos facta de cetero fore vacua [Suffolk] Ib. 118/1829 r. 6.

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