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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
seigniory
    n 1: the estate of a seigneur [syn: seigneury, seigniory,
         signory]
    2: the position and authority of a feudal lord [syn:
       seigniory, seigneury, feudal lordship]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Seigniory \Seign"ior*y\, n.; pl. -ies. [OE. seignorie, OF.
   seigneurie, F. seigneurie; cf. It. signoria.]
   1. The power or authority of a lord; dominion.
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            O'Neal never had any seigniory over that country but
            what by encroachment he got upon the English.
                                                  --Spenser.
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   2. The territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a
      manor. [Written also seigneury, and seignory.]
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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
SEIGNIORY, Eng. law. The rights of a lord as such, in lands. Swinb. 174.
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