History GCSE
Manorial and honorial justice
What Manorial and honorial justice means in History GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Manorial and honorial justice
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Lords or their stewards held courts there, settling disputes, enforcing obligations and issuing fines, making the castle a centre of justice.
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