Maison commune, townhall

3. Gros de Lorraine. The^n?j- was an old weight, the eighth of an ounce, and also in reckoning the value of six livres or francs.

4. En dépendant, i, e. , within the jurisdiction of Phalsbourg.

5. Lods et ventes, the right of the lord to a payment from any one who purchased an estate within his manor. The word lods, pronounced lô, (the s only is carried over,) is used cnly in the above phrase.

6. Rézal, a measure for grain, same as old French rezeau, mod. Fr. rasiere, mediasval Latin raseria, raserium, rasellus. The origin of the word is ras, Lat. rasus, radei-e, because the measure of grain was levelled, shaved off, with a strike.

7. Les amendes qui se plaidaient, the cases involving fines which were tried.

8. Droit de glandage et paisson, the right of f eeding swine in the forests on acoms and beech-nuts. Les droits d'affouage, les droits de foulon et battant, right of cutting wood for fuel, the right of fulling and weaving cloth.

9. Grosse dîme— petite dîme, the tithes levied by the Church or lord upon the crops, etc., were'of two kinds : the great, on

the large products like grain and wine ; the little, on the smaller products and cattle.

10. Finit par lui retirer la connaissance, finally deprived it of the right of jurisdiction, i. e., tlie right to take notice of (cognizance) and détermine causes.