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Webster 1913 Edition
Vicontiel
Vi-con′ti-el
,Adj.
[From OE.
vicounte
a viscount. See Viscount
.] (O. Eng. Law)
Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff of a county.
Vicontiel rents
. See
– Vicontiels
. Vicontiel writs
, such writs as were triable in the sheriff, or county, court.
Webster 1828 Edition
Vicontiel
VICON'TIEL
,Adj.
In old law books, pertaining to the sheriff.
Vicontiel rents, are certain rents for which the sheriff pays a rent to the king.
Vicontiel writs, are such as are triable in the county or sheriff court.