Abbrochment
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In old English law. The forestalling of a market or fair.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
See Forestalling.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Old Eng. Law. The forestalling of a market or fair.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
^6roc Am«n<,^&roac Ament. [L.Lat. abrocamenfvm; from abroch, or abroach. Sax. abrcccan, to break.] The buying up of goods by wholesale, {emptio mercium integrarum,) before they are brought to a market or fair, and selling them again, {breaking them up, — per portiones distractio,) by retail; a forestalling of the market. Spelman, voc. Abrocamentum. Cowell.