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 | A sign or figure used as signature or carved on the house and tools. The use of this dwindled as people learned to write.
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 | Bygdesag/<br>Bondesag<br>
 | A sawmill that from 1688-1818 could only be used for the local market
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 | Sorenskriver
-| The sorenskriver office was created with royal proclamation 31 July 1591. The sorenskriver should be the secretary of the court at the local court. But by earlier in the 1600’s he had progressed to be the judge at the local court and after a time he became the sole judge. He also had obligations as a probate manager, auction manager, court attendant, notary public, etc.
+| The office of sorenskriver was created by royal proclamation 31 July 1591. The sorenskriver was to be the secretary of the local court. But by the early 1600’s he had progressed to be the judge at the local court and after a time he became the sole judge. He also had obligations as a probate manager, auction manager, court attendant, notary public, etc.
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 | Speciedaler