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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[From OE.

vicounte

a viscount. See

(O. Eng. Law)

Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff of a county.

Vicontiel rents

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Vicontiel writs

such writs as were triable in the sheriff, or county, court.

Adj.

[vice-comitalia. See Viscount.]

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.

vicontiel ‎(not comparable)

(law, Britain, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff of a county.
Vicontiel writs were those that were triable in the sheriff, or county, court.