The dignity of a baron; a species of tenure; the territory or lands held by a baron. Spelman
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A lord or nobleman; the most general title of nobility in England. 1 Bl. Comm. 398. 399
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In English lnw. The col-lective body of the barons, or of the nobility at large. Spelman
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Courts held in certain mining districts belongiug to the Duchy of Lancaster, for regulation of the mines, and for deciding questions of title and other matters relating thereto. 3 Steph. Comm. 347, note b
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An old law term signlfying, orig-inally, a “man,” whether slave or free. In later usage, a “freeman,” a “strong man,” a “good soldier,” a "baron ;*’ also a “vassal.” or “feudal tenant or client,” and “husband,” the last being the most common meaning of the word
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Is sometimes figuratively used to deuote the mere words or letter of an instru-ment, or outer covering of the ideas sought to be expressed, as distinguished from its Inner substauce or essential meaning. “If the bark makes for them, the pith makes for us.” Bacon
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In couveyanc-ing. The transferring of the property of a thing from one to auother, upon valuable consideration, by way of sale. Shep. Touch, (by. Preston.) 221
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A person to whose fiduciary office no duties were originally attached, or who, although such duties were originally attached to his office, would, on the requisition of his ccstuis que trust, be compellable in equity to convey the estate to them or by their direction. 1 Ch. Div. 279
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L. Fr. A wrangling suit Britt, c. 92; Co. Lltt. 368b
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In old European law. Money paid to support a barbican or watch-tower
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L. Fr. (Modern Fr. brebis.) Sheep. See Millen v. Fawen, Bendloe, 171, “home ove petit chicn chase barbitts.”
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Span. A concubine, whom a man keeps alone in his house, un-connected with auy other woman. Las Par-tidas, pt. 4, tit. 14
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In East Indian iaw. A Hin-doo merchant or shop-keeper. The word is used In Bengal to denote the native who man-ages the money concerns of a European, and sometimes serves him as an Interpreter
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In Eugllsh law. A fee taken by the sheriff, time out of mind, for every prisoner who is acquitted. Bac. Abr. “Ex-tortion.” Abolished by St. 14 Geo. III. c. 26; 55 Geo. III. c. 50; 8 & 9 Vict. c. 114
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Fr. A bench; tbe table or counter of a trader, merchant, or banker. Banque route; a broken bench or counter; bankrupt
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A public an-nouncement of an intended marriage, requir-ed by the English law to be made in a church or chapel, during service, on three consecutive Sundays before the marriage is celebrated. The object is to afford an oppor-tunity for any person to interpose an objec-tlon if he knows of any impediment or other just cause why the marringe should not take place. The publication of the bans may be dispensed with by procuring a special license to marry
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In old English law. A proclamation. Bannus regis; the king’s proc-lamation, made by the voice of a herald, for-bidding all present at the trial by combat to Interfere either by motion or word, whatever they might see or hear. Bract, fol. 142
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To summon tenants to serve at the lord’s courts, to briug corn to be ground at his mill
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L. Lat. In old Engllsh law. The bans of matrimony
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we ban or expel. The form of expulsion of a member from the University of oxford, by affixing the een-tence in some public places, as a promulgation of it. Cowell
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