non-entry
a feudal casualty. This was the rents from a dead feuar’s property which fell due to his superior until the feuar’s heir was entered with the superior.
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nonage
was when a person was considered to be incapable of performing a certain act of the grounds of youth, and was generally applied to those under 21; it might be found spelt ‘non-age’, and a minor might be said to ‘be in nonage’