Banality

In Canadian law. The right by virtue of which a lord subjects his vassals to grind at his mill, bake at his oven, etc. Used also of the region within which this right applied. Guyot, Rep. Univ. It prevents the erection of a mill within the seignorial limits (1 Low. [U. S.] 31), whether steam or water (3 Low. [U. S.] 1). BANC (Ft. bench). The seat of judgment; as, banc le roy, the king's bench; bance le common pleas, the bench of common pleas; the full bench.

In Canadian Law. The right by virtue of which a lord subjects his vassals to grind at his mill, bake at his oven, etc. Used also of the region within which this right applied. Guyot, R6p. Univ. It prevents the erection of a mill within the seignorial limits; 1 Low. C. 31; whether steam or water; 3 Low. C. 1. BANC (Fr. bench). The seat of judgment; as, banc le roy, the king's bench; lane le common pleas, the bench of common pleas. The meeting of all the judges, or such as may form a quorum, as distinguished from sittings at Nisi Prim: as, "the court sit in banc." Cowell.

In old French law. A seigniorial right to exact certain dues or services within certain limits; as, to compel a tenant to send his grain to the lord's mill to be ground, etc. The right of having a mill, etc., at which such an exclusive service may be exacted. The territorial limits within which such right may be exercised.

In Canadian law. The tight by virtue of which a lord subjects his vassals to grind at his mill, bake at his oven, ete. Used also of the region within which this right applied. Guyot, Repert. Univ.