Banneret
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
or BANE RET. One knighted on the field. So called, according to Wharton, from the formula of cutting off the point of his standard, so as to make it a banner. BANNI NUPTIARUM (Law Lat.)
In old English law. The bans of matrimony. Spelman; Cowell. Bracton uses the singular, bannum. Bracton, fol. 307b. Fleta uses bannus. Fleta, lib. 5, c. 30, § 3. See "Bannum;" "Bannus."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A degree of honor next after a baron's, when conferred by the king;
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
baneret. In old English law. that of baron, when conferred by the that of baronet
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Sce BANERET.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Baneret. [L. Lat. hanerettus, miles banerettus.^ In old English law. A name of dignity now nearly, if not entirely, extinct, denoting a degree next after a baron, and before a knight. 1 BL Com. 403.