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A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto. Burrill.

A tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, or the like.

aining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege.

An organized combination among workmen for the purpose of maintaining their rights, privileges, and interests with respect to wages, hours of labor, customs, etc.

, news, and the like, from one country to another; the transmission of rights, titles, or privileges, from father to son, or from one generation to another.

To deprive of the character, privileges, and authority of a church. South.

To deprive or divest or a frock; specifically, to deprive of priestly character or privilege; as, to unfrock a priest.

To divest of the title or privilege of an esquire. Swift.

The privilege of cutting green wood within a forest for fuel.

The right or privilege of cutting growing wood.

The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege.

A place privileged, by prescription or grant the king, for keeping certain animals (as hares, conies, partridges, pheasants, etc.) called beasts and fowls of warren. Burrill.

A gavel or rent paid for a privilege, as of fishing, in some river or water.

A fall of water which may be used to drive machinery; a site for a water mill; a water privilege.

The fee or duty paid for the privilege of using a wharf for loading or unloading goods; pierage, collectively; quayage.

authenticity by his testimony; one who witnesses a will, a deed, a marriage, or the like. Privileged witnesses. (Law) See under Privileged. -- With a witness, effectually; to a great degree; with great force, so as to leave some mark as a testimony. [Colloq.] This, I confess, is haste with a witness. South.…