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meiteria

meiteria, ~ius [ML<OF moitoierie<medietaria] , (feud.) métairie, farm held on the métayage system. c1173 sciatis me dedisse ‥ abbatie de le Trappa ‥ meiteeriam meam de Meheru Act. Hen. II I 518; ~iam meam de Maheru, in dominio, in hominibus, in redditibus Ib. I 519; sciatis me concessisse ‥ medietatem cujusdam meitterii, cujus alteram medietatem ‥ donavit M. L. Ib. I 574; s1156 rex ‥ duos metereios S. Paterni et terram de Estreis ‥ ei dedit (Cart) Torigni Chr. app. 334; s1158 dederunt ‥ decimam meteerie sue de Cavine Ib. 341; 1295 custumariis falcantibus prata predicta per mederam eorum de consuetudine MinAc 1090/3 r. 5.

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