Bilanx
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850)
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
bilancia, I I In old English law. A balance. Bilancise: scales for weighing, v. De bilanciis, etc.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Bilancia. L. Lat.
In old English law. A balance. Pryn, Rec. 196. Towns. Pl. 169. Bilances; scales for weighing. Reg. Orig. 279 b. De bilanciis deferendis (breve); a writ for carrying or removing public scales. The name of an old writ in the Register, directed to the collectors of customs in certain ports in England, commanding them to take their scales and weights to another port, for the purpose of weighing merchandise for exportation. Id. ibid.