Quit Rents ceremony
E649435
The Quit Rents ceremony is an annual British legal ritual in which symbolic payments are made to the Crown to acknowledge ancient land tenures and feudal obligations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Quit Rents ceremony canonical | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British legal ritual
ⓘ
legal ceremony ⓘ |
| basedOn | quit rent ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| follows | English common law tradition ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
historical commemoration
ⓘ
symbolic enforcement of tenure ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
non‑monetary consideration
ⓘ
public ritual ⓘ token payments ⓘ |
| involves |
Crown officials
ⓘ
tenants of certain lands ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
British constitutional tradition
ⓘ
ceremonial functions of the Crown ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalConcept |
rent in lieu of services
ⓘ
tenure by payment ⓘ |
| legalStatus | ceremonial ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | medieval English law ⓘ |
| paidTo | the Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| paymentType | symbolic payment ⓘ |
| purpose |
acknowledgement of ancient land tenures
ⓘ
acknowledgement of feudal obligations ⓘ |
| relatesTo |
Crown estates
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
feudalism ⓘ land tenure ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
continuity of historic property rights
ⓘ
ongoing obligations to the monarch ⓘ |
| timePeriod | modern era ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Queen’s Remembrancer