Borg
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
borh, borah, borhoe, sax. and o. sc.
In Saxon law. A pledge; a pledge-giver, or surety: the head of each family composing a tithing or decennary, each being the pledge for the good conduct of the others.
In old Scots law. To let lands to borgh was to give possession to the last lawful possessor, under pledge to restore the same to him who should be found to have the right Borgh of hamhald: a pledge or surety given by a seller of goods to the buyer for delivery and warranty, v. Decennary; Friburg; Tithing.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In Saxon law. A pledge, pledge giver, or surety. The name given among the Saxons to the head of each family composing a tithing or decennary, each being the pledge for the good conduct of the others, Also the contract or engagement of suretyship; and the pledge given.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Borh, Borhoe, Sax.
In Saxon law. A pledge, pledge giver, or surety, (Lat. vas, fidejussor.) The name given among the Saxons to the head of each family composing a tithing or decennary, each being the pledge for the good conduct of the others. LL, Edw. Conf. c. 32. /Spe/man, voce. Borsholder,Burghbrech, The word bor continues to be used at the present day in some parts of England, as in Norfolk, where it is employed as a common term of address by one person to another, in the sense of friend, neighbour, or companion. Knight's F. Magazine, 1846, vol. 2, p. 103.. The word borg, or borh also anciently denoted not only the pledge giver, but the pledge itself so given, (fidejussio, plegium.) Spelman, voc. iurghbrech. See Friburg, Decennary, Tithing,