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vicinetum

vicinetum [CL vicinus+-etum], visnetum [AN, OF visnet], area or district around or nearby, vicinity, neighbourhood, (esp. leg., as area for summoning of jury) visne, (also transf.) visne jury (as body, also as distinguishing form of legal process). c1164 xij legales homines de ~o Reg. Glasg. 593; c1184 nullus Galwidiensis debet habere visnetum nisi refutaverit leges Galwidie et visnetum postulaverit APScot I 378; mittas liberos et legales homines de visneto [v. l. vidneto] de illa villa Glanv. II 2; si ‥ hoc fuerit per visnetum declaratum Ib. II 3; per quatuor legales milites de comitatu et de visneto elegantur duodecim legales de eodem visneto Ib. II 10; vicecomes ‥ faciet jurare duodecim legales homines de visneto seu de villa coram episcopo H. Bos. Hom. 1414B; 1196 ponit se super vincneto CurR I 18; per septem legales homines de vineto (Stat.) W. Newb. HA III 23; 1201 legali inquisicione ~i SelPlCrown 43; a1215 super predictam terram et in visneto ejus (Cart. S. Greg. Cant.) Royal Writs 81; c1235 hominum de proximiori visineto de Berdesey Couch. Kirkstall 326; 1238 homines de vilneto Ann. Tewk. 109; 1242 de visnieto de R. RGasc I 29b; ad visnetum ubi mater obiit Bracton f. 216b; 1266 si in dictis placitis de furto vel aliis criminibus visnetum capere voluerint ‥ ballivi ‥ faciant ‥ homines ‥ ad eadem placita venire ad curiam roborandam et ad visnetum faciendum cum hominibus ‥ abbatis Melrose 325 (cf. ib.: liceat ballivis visnetum capere per baronias quas voluerint); si mors ‥ per aldermannum et visnetum testificata fuerit Leg. Ant. Lond. 9; 12‥ arbitrio legalium hominum de vinneto FormA 305; 1314 per sacramentum proborum et legalium hominum de visneto de Chesterton Ambrosden I 525; 1338 homines de balliva ‥ de visneto prioratus sancte Frideswyde Oxonie MunCOx 97; per assisam de vicineto [v. l. voisineto] RegiamM I 1; 1343 juratores de viseneto Couch. Kirkstall 399; c1350 per fideles de visneta Reg. S. Aug. 128; summoneat ‥ xxiiij legales milites de visneto Londoniarum MGL I 437.

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