Warden-court

Hist. [WARDEN sb.¹ + COURT sb.¹] A court held by the Warden of the Marches.

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1434. Proc. Privy Council (1835), IV. 271. Alle þe bookes of þe wardein courtes and of þe marches.

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1549. Compl. Scot., xii. (1872), 103. The vardan of the vest marchis of ingland cam to hald ane vardan court on the vest marchis of scotland.

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1556. Ld. Wharton, in Lodge, Illustr. Brit. Hist. (1791), I. 220. I have called a Warden Courte, whiche dyd begynne, at … Alnewyk, the iii^d of this instaunt.

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1583. Reg. Privy Council Scot., III. 621. A persoun fylit bakbilland and cravand a warden court to be sett upoun his perrell.

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1863. Sarah S. Jones, Northumbld., 162. The days of Trews, or Warden Courts, had to be held frequently, and not by deputies, but by the Lords Wardens themselves.

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