Commission of rebellion

In old English law, a commission of rebellion, or writ of rebellion, was a process of contempt on the nonappearance of a defendant. It was issued out when a man, after proclamation issued out of the chancery, or the exchequer, and made by the sheriff, to present himself, under pain of his allegiance, to the court by a certain day, does not appear.

Notes
    gollark: Aliens? Magic cranes?
    gollark: So how *did* they build them if not huge amounts of slave labour?
    gollark: I'm not sure how else they would have been built, with the technology of the time.
    gollark: Well, yes, lots of slaves, sure.
    gollark: A very quick internet search says there were indeed no bodies found there, but also that they could plausibly just have been stolen.

    References
    •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "article name needed". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (first ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.
    • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:  Porter, Noah, ed. (1913). "Webster's entry needed". Webster's Dictionary. Springfield, Massachusetts: C. & G. Merriam Co.


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