seignioralty

English

Noun

seignioralty (countable and uncountable, plural seignioralties)

  1. The territory or authority of a seignior, or lord.
    • 1807', Domenico Alberto Azuni, unknown translator, The Maritime Law of Europe
      all the inhabitants of our said kingdom, saving our seignioralty, who have any right of action against any Pisan, shall be bound to bring his action before the Consul of that nation

References
  • seignioralty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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