DCHP-2
barony Hist. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
THIS ENTRY MAY CONTAIN OUTDATED INFORMATION, TERMS and EXAMPLES
1a n.
the land holdings of a Baronet of Nova Scotia.
- 1624 (1835) Everie Baronett is to be ane Barone of some one or other of the said Barronies, and is to haif therein ten thowsand aikars of propertie, besidis his sax thowsand aikars belongeing to his bur-t of baronie.
1b n.
an early administrative subdivision of Nova Scotia.
- 1922 The country was divided into two provinces, each province into several dioceses, each diocese into ten baronies, and each barony into six parishes
2 n.
the domain of a seigneur; seigneury.
- 1764 To Be Sold. The Barony of Longeuil, situate opposite the City of Montreal . . . .
- 1805 I have seized and taken in execution . . . a land situated in the parish of Sainte Marguerite . . . in the Barony of Longueil . . . .
3 n.
one of a number of proposed land grants in Prince Edward Island, the recipients of which were to have baronial rights and obligations.
See also: hundred
- 1875 The forty Hundreds or Baronies were to be divided into twenty manors of two thousand acres each, which manors were to be entitled to a Court Baron, according to the Common Law of England.
- 1624 (1835) Everie Baronett is to be ane Barone of some one or other of the said Barronies, and is to haif therein ten thowsand aikars of propertie, besidis his sax thowsand aikars belongeing to his bur-t of baronie.