Berton
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A large farm; the barnyard of a large farm. BES (Lat.; pi. b esses). In the Roman law. A division of the as, or pound, consisting of eight unciae, or duodecimal parts, and amounting to two-thirds of the as.
2 Bl. Comm. 462, note (m).
Two-thirds of an inheritance.
Inst. 2. 14.
5. ?ight per cent, interest. 2 Bl. Comm. ubi supra.