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Border Warrant

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

A process granted by a judge ordinary, on either side of the border between England and Scotland, for arresting the person or effects of a person living on the opposite side, until he find security, judido sisti. Bell, Diet. BORDLOCt. The rent or quantity of food which the bordarii paid for their lands. Cowell.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

(Scotch) A warrant for the arrest of a debtor on the English side of the border.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A process granted by a judge ordinary, on either side of the border between England and Scotland, for arresting the person or effects of a person living on the opposite side, until he find security, judicio sisti. Bell.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A process granted by a Judge ordinary, on either side of the border between England and Scotland, for arresting the person or effects of a person living on the opposite side, until he find security, judicio sisti, Bell.