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YORK, STATUTE OF(law)

York (iou)



York noun. L16.
[See below.]
I. [A city in NE England, formerly the county town of Yorkshire.]
Hist. Used attrib. to designate (things pertaining to) the royal house descended from Edmund of Langley (1341-1402), fifth son of Edward III, first Duke of York, which ruled England from 1461 to 1485. L16.
Used attrib. to designate things originating from or peculiar to York or Yorkshire. L18.
York-Antwerp rules Maritime Law an international set of rules governing the application of general average in marine insurance.
II. [from New York, a city and State in the US.]
Used attrib. to designate things found, used, or originating in New York. N. Amer. L17.
York shilling Hist. a coin formerly used in New York, worth about 12 1 / 2 cents.
Yorkish adjective (rare) = YORKIST adjective M16.