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Battere

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Lat. [from Sax. batte, a club.] In old European law. To beat or strike, (verberare, percutere); properly to beat with a club or stick, (fustigare). Linum battere; to beat flax.

Capitul. 1, c. 81. Spelman.

Si servum aut ancillam battiderit; if he beat a slave or maid servant.

LL.

Longob. lib.

1, tit. 8, l. 30.

Battutum; beaten. L. Alam. c.

93, § 2. Spelman.