Bourgessours
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
See Bur^essours. BOVATA (or BOVATUS) TERR^. L. Lat. [from hos, an ox; L. Fr. love de terre.] In old English law. An oxgang, or oxgate of land; as much as an ox could ^1, or ffo over, {bovis iter.) Co. l Att. 5 a. ^teg.
Orig. 2.
Spelman, Tkel. Dig. lib.
8, c. 13. Shep. Touch. 93.
An ancient measure of land, of uncertain quantity. See Oxgang. B. R. The initial letters of Bancus Regis, or Bancus Begince, the Latin name of the English Court of King's or Queen's Bench, frequently used in the old books and reports, to designate that court. The initials &. B. and Q. B. of the English words are now more commonly employed. See Bancus Regis, Bancus Reginoe.