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leugata

leugata [ML] 1 measure of distance, league. una ~a terrae in longo et dim. in lato DB II 118b; unam ~am infra profundum mariscum usque T. Danelaw 378; a1215 postquam infra unam leucetam prope Perth venerint (Perth) BBC 199; 1279 easdem [acras] inforestavit et attraxit ad leucatam suam de Tonebrigge PQW 339a; villam ‥ muratam per unam leucatam ad latus sinistrum G. Hen. V 12 p. 76. 2 lowy, area of jurisdiction extending one league around town, castle, or church. c1080 maneria tenet ‥ comes ‥ cum pertinenciis et totam leucatam MonA I 104; 1130 ~a terre sue circa abbatiam suam ‥ sit quieta et libera ab omni episcopali et seculari potestate Cart. Rams. I 243; ad scaccarium quamdiu sederit detinebitur, fide data ‥ quod a ~a ville nisi baronum licentia non recedet Dial. Scac. II 21A; s1190 omnia vetantur emenda in villa et infra leucatam ville G. Ric. I 131; 1275 ad liberam leucatam de Tunsbrygge Hund. I 219b (cf. ib. 220b: ad libertatem suam in Tunebrigg’ quam vocant la Laure). 3 measure of time (cf. leuga 3). eum duxit in ‥ herbarium ‥ et detinuit ipsum ibi per spacium unius leucate vie State Tri. Ed. I 7.

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