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.