Legal Definitions - hundredarius

hundredarius

A hundredarius is a legal term that comes from Latin. It has two meanings:

1. Someone who is responsible for collecting taxes or other payments in a hundred (an administrative division in some countries).
2. Someone who is a member of a hundred court, which was a type of court in medieval England that dealt with local disputes.

1. In medieval England, the lord of a manor might appoint a hundredarius to collect taxes from the people who lived in the hundred. The hundredarius would then give the money to the lord.

2. The hundred court was made up of a group of people, including the hundredarius, who would hear cases and make decisions about disputes that happened in the hundred.

The examples illustrate the two different meanings of the term hundredarius. In the first example, the hundredarius is responsible for collecting taxes, while in the second example, the hundredarius is a member of a court. Both examples show how the term relates to the administration of a hundred, which was an important administrative division in medieval England.