Ebba
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Inold Englishlaw. Ebb. Hbba et fluctus; ebb and flow of tide; ebb and flood. Bract. fols.
255, 338.
The time occupied by one ebb and flood was anciently granted to persons essoined as being beyond sea, in addition to the period of forty days. See Fleta, lib.
6, c. 8, § 2.