presentment of Englishry

English

Noun

presentment of Englishry (plural presentments of Englishry)

1. (law, historical) successful proof or act of proving by the relatives of the deceased that one who had died suddenly was English, in order to avoid the fine levied (under the Norman kings) upon the hundred (an administrative subdivision) or township for the murder of a Norman

References

• “Englishry, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, January 2015.