Caballeria
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In Spanish law. A portion of spoils taken or lands conquered in a war, granted to a horse soldier. Diet. Span. Acad.; 12 Pet. (U. S.) 444, note. A quantity of land, varying in extent in different provinces. In those parts of the United States which formerly belonged to Spain, it is a lot of one hundred feet front, two hundred feet depth, and equivalent to CABALLERO (Spanish; from Latin eaballus, a horse).
In Spanish law. A knight. So called on account of its being more honorable to go on horseback (a caballo) than on any other beast. White, New Recop. bk 1, tit. 5, c. 3, § 3; Id. bk. 1, tit. 5, c. 1; Id. bk. 4, tit. 10, c. 1, § 6.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Spanish Law. A quantity of land, varying in extent in different provinces. In those parts of the United States which formerly belonged to Spain, it is a lot of one hundred feet front, two hundred feet depth, and equivalent to five peonias. 2 White, New Recop. 49; 12 Pet. (U. S.) 444, n.; Escriche, Dice. Raz.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In Spaflish law. An allotment of land, being a lot one hundred feet front and two hundred feet deep.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In Spanish law. An allotment of land acquired by conquest, to a horse soldier, it was a strip one hundred feet wide by two hundred feet deep. The term has been sometimes used in those parts of the United States which were derived from Spain. See 12 Pet. 444, note.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
In Spanish law. A portion of spoils taken or lands conquered in a war, granted to a horse soldier. Dict. Span. Acad. 12 Peters' R. 444, note. An allotment of land, being a lot of one hundred feet front and two hundred feet deep. 2 White's Recop. [38] 49.