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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

An exchange

Bourses owe their origin to the Jews. The word originated at Bruges, where merchants gathered at the house of Van der Bruse; or the word is from the three purses (bourses) carved on the gable of the house where the meetings were held. Stock Exchange by Van Antwerp.

B0 U WE RYE.

A farm.

B0 UW MASTER.

A farmer.

B0 V ATA TERR^.

As much land as one ox can cultivate. Said by some to be thirteen, by others eighteen, acres in extent.

Skene; Spelman, Gloss.; Co. Litt 5 a.

Bovate is used in expressing a quantity of land and meaning one-eighth of a carucate, i. e. the amount of land which can he ploughed by one ox; generally about fifteen acres.

2 Holdsw. Hist. E. L. 57.

See Cabucate. Both terms seem to be French, and not part of the official Latin. Maitl. Domesday and Beyond o95.