Bairns
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In Scotch law. A known term, used to denote one's whole issue. Ersk. Inst. 3. 8. 48. But it is sometimes used in a more limited sense. Bell, Diet.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
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In Scots law. A known term, used to denote one's whole issua Bairns' part: the share of the father's property to which by law the child is entitled, — a third part of the free movables, debts deducted, if the wife survives, and a half if she does not survive. Bal^na, balena, ballena, I. I.
In old English law. One of the " royal fish," sometimes considered to be a kind of whale, the head of which belonged to the king, and the tail to the queen.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In Scotehlaw. A known term, used to denote one’s whole issue. Ersk. Inst. 8, 8,48. But it is sometimes used ina more limited sense. Bell.