Banleuca

Banleuga, Baleuca. L. Lat. [Fr. banlieue; from ban, a territory and huca, a league.] In old law. A space around certain cities, towns, monasteries, &c., distinguished from other ground, and protected Jby peculiar privileges.

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In France, the word banlieue is used to signify a district around a city, usually, but not always a league on all sides, through which the proclamation of the principal judge of the place has authority. Id, P. Cyclopcsdia, voc.

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