Banleuca
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A certain space surrounding towns or cities, distinguished by peculiar privileges. Spelman. It is the same as the French banlieue.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
The territory without the walls, but within the legal limits of a town or city.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A certain space surrounding towns or cities, distinguished by peculiar privileges. Spelman, Gloss. It is the same as the French uanlieue.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
bauleuga, balenca, Z. I. In old tain cities, towns, monasteries, etc., and protected by peculiar privileges.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
An old law term, signi- K fying a space or tract of country around a city, town, or monastery, distinguished and protected by peculiar privileges. Spelman.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Banleuga, Baleuca. L. Lat. [Fr. banlieue; from ban, a territory and huca, a league.] In old law. A space around certain cities, towns, monasteries, &c., distinguished from other ground, and protected Jby peculiar privileges. Spelman. In France, the word banlieue is used to signify a district around a city, usually, but not always a league on all sides, through which the proclamation of the principal judge of the place has authority. Id, P. Cyclopcsdia, voc. Ban,