castlaw
nounUK /ˈkɑːstlɔː/
US /ˈkæstlɔː/
A castlaw is a special rule made long ago that people in a town had to follow.
The old castlaw said every farmer must help fix the town bridge.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A castle's own set of rules for the people who lived inside it.
The lord wrote a castlaw about who could use the well.
3. A very old custom that a group of people still follows today.
Sharing the first harvest is a castlaw in that valley.
4. A small court held in or near a castle to settle local quarrels.
The villagers brought their dispute to the castlaw at the keep.