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  • BANNI, OR BANNITUS
    In old law, one under a ban, (q. v.;) an outlaw or banished man. Britt cc. 12, 13; Calvin.
  • BANNI NUPTIARUM
    L. Lat. In old English law. The bans of matrimony.
  • BANNIMUS
    We ban or expel. The form of expulsion of a member from the University of Oxford, by affixing the sentence in some public places, as a promulgation of it. Cowell.
  • BANNIRE AD PLACITA, AD MOLENDINUM
    To summon tenants to serve at the lord's courts, to bring corn to be ground at his mill.
  • BANNS
    See BANS OF MATRIMONY
  • BANNUM
    A ban, (q. v.)
  • BANNUS
    In old English law. A proclamation. Bannus regis; the king's proclamation, made by the voice of a herald, forbidding all present at the trial by combat to Interfere either by motion or word, whatever they might see or hear. Bract fol. 142.
  • BANQUE
    Fr. A bench; the table or counter of a trader, merchant, or banker. Banque route; a broken bench or counter; bankrupt.
  • BANS OF MATRIMONY
    A public announcement of an intended marriage, required 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 opportunity for any person to Interpose an objection if he knows of any More...
  • BANYAN
    In East Indian law. A Hindoo merchant or shop-keeper. The word is used in Bengal to denote the native who manages the money concerns of a European, and sometimes serves him as an interpreter.
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