☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Coigny and Livery

The feudal Irish practice by which a lord could quarter soldiers and horses on his tenants' lands at their expense, a burden abolished by Poynings' Law and subsequent Tudor statutes.

Etymology: Irish 'coinnmheadh' (billeting) + Norman French 'livree' (delivery, allowance) · Category: Celtic & Irish Law · Source: Poynings' Law (1494); Tudor reform statutes
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