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Definition of Portmen
1. portman [n] - See also: portman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Portmen
Literary usage of Portmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Suffolk, Or, Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and by Frederic Shoberl (1818)
"The right of election is in the bailiffs, portmen, common councilman, and freemen
at large, not receiving alms. The number of voters is between six and ..."
2. A Concise Description of the Endowed Grammar Schools in England and Wales by Nicholas Carlisle (1818)
"RICHARD MARTIN, Portman, by Deed, dated the 18th of February, 1621, between him
and the Bailiffs and portmen of Ipswich, gave his Farm in Westerfield, ..."
3. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I. by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1895)
"Then on a later day the chief portmen were elected and sworn. Then the bailiffs,
coroners and chief portmen held a meeting and resolved, among other things, ..."
4. A Practical and Elementary Abridgment of the Cases Argued and Determined in by Elisha Hammond, Charles Petersdorff (1830)
"10 persons, whose names were mentioned, had been portmen of the borough; that
within the ... That nine of the portmen, whose names are mentioned, did not, ..."
5. The Representative History of Great Britain and Ireland: Being a History of by Thomas Hinton Burley Oldfield (1816)
"CORPORATION By charter of Charles the Second, it is governed . by two bailiffs,
a recorder, ten portmen, and twenty-four common-councilmen. ..."
6. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench: During by James Burrow, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, William Murray Mansfield (1812)
"charge or removal of any portman or portmen of the same ... or portmen of the
said town ,or . borough, and bcing resident and inhabiting in the same town, ..."
7. Report on Manuscripts in Various Collections by Great Britain (1907)
"Acts are made respecting non-appearance oi portmen and Burgesses at Courts, with
fine of I2d. in default. Also that one Burgess shall not implead another ..."
8. A Topographical Dictionary of England: Comprising the Several Counties by Samuel Lewis (1831)
"In consequence of the corporation having omitted to fill up vacancies in the body
of portmen, the number has been reduced to five, which is insufficient to ..."
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