Bordage
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A species of base tenure by which bord lands were held. The tenants were called bordarii (q. v.)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A species of base tenure by which bordlands were held. The tenants were called bordarii. These bordarii would seem to have been those tenants of a less servile condition, who had a cottage and land assigned to them on condition of supplying their lord witli poultry, e;_ru's, and such small matters for his table. Whishaw; Cowell.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
bordagium, I. I. In old Englishlaw. A species of base tenure; a holding on condition of supplying smaller provisions for the table, or board of the lord. v. Bordarii; Bordlands.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Bordagium, I. A lord in provisions, or perhaps
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[L. Lat. bordagium, from Sax. bord, a house, cottage or table.] In old English law. A species of base tenure, by which certain lands, (termed bord lands,) were anciently held in England, the tenants being termed bordarii. Cowell, voc. Bordagium. Blount. See Bordarii, Bordlands.