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Boon Days

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Certain days in the year on which copyhold tenants were bound to perform certain services for the lord. Called, also, "due days." Whishaw.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Days appointed for base services of copyhold tenants.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Certain days in the year on which copyhold tenants were bound to perform certain services for the lord. Called, also, due-days. Whishaw.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In English law. Certain days in the year (sometimes called "due days") on which tenants in copyhold were obliged to perform corporal services for the lord. Whishaw.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In English law. Certain days in the year in which copyhold tenants performed base services for their lord.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

In English law. A certain number of days in the year in which the tenants of copy hold lords performed base or corporal services for their lord, such as reaping or carrying his com, tiling his houses, or thatching his bam, or ploughing his lands, <&c. Whishaw. ffolthouse.