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'''Lensmann''' was, in early modern times, the Norwegian term for a person who received a [[len]] ([[fief]]) from a feudal lord |
'''Lensmann''' was, in early modern times, the Norwegian term for a person who received a [[len]] ([[fief]]) from a feudal lord, a [[sysselmann]] or a king. Eventually it came to mean something close to a sheriff<ref>Mikael Berglund, [http://books.google.ie/books?id=-s6Zh8qzPxEC Cross-border Enforcement of Claims in the EU: History, Present Time and Future], ISBN 9041128611, 2009, page 101 |
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Lensmann was, in early modern times, the Norwegian term for a person who received a len (fief) from a feudal lord, a sysselmann or a king. Eventually it came to mean something close to a sheriff[1].