Bannum

Lat. [Sax. 6an.] In old European law.

An edict, statute or public ordinance; a ban. Pontes qui per bannum fieri solebant; the bridges which used to be established by ban.

LL.

Longob. lib.

3, tit. 1, 1. 11. Spelman.

A fine or penalty. Bannum solvat; he shall pay a ban. L. Sax. tit.

2, § 9. Spelman.

A tribute.

Capitt.

Carol, lib.

3, c. 68. Spelman.

Esprit des Lois, liv.

30, c. 20, note.

Banishment or exile; proscription; confiscation. See Bannire. An anathema or curse.

Synod, Confi. A. D. 860. Spelman.

A proclamation or publication; the publication of marriage in a church. Cum bannum et tertia denuntiatio fiat ante desponsationem; when the ban and third publication is made before espousals. Bract. fol.

307 b.

A field or territory; the limit or precinct of a town.

Spelman.

Villam cum omnibus bannis et attinentiis; the town with all its bans (or bounds) and appurtenances.

Albert.

Argentin. cited ibid. The following passage shows the use of the word bannum, and other Latin derivatives from the same root. Bannire mandamus et divulgari publics bannitos. Bannum etiam, et cavsam banni, pro qua bannitus aliquis fuerit, et diem bannitionis, <kc., in actis volumus contirieri.

LL.

Neapolit. lib.

2, tit, 1. Spelman.