Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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vicontiel

1. Of or relating to a viscount. 2. Of or relating to a sheriff. - Also spelled uicountiel. - Also termed uicecomital.

vicontiel rent

Hist. Rent that a viscount or sheriff pays for the use of a royal farm.

vicontiel writ

Hist. A writ triable in the county court. ( In the 13th-14th centuries, civil litigation could originate in the county court either by oral plaint or by a writ from the Chancery ordering the sheriff to do justice in a case. The writ that began such a proceeding was called vicontiel because it was addressed to the sheriff. See VICONTIEL (2).

vicontiels

Hist. 1. Money pay able by a viscount or sheriff to the Crown. 2, Vicontiel rents.