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Borel Folk

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Country people; derived from the French.bourre (Lat. floccus), a lock of wool, because they covered their heads with such stuff.

Blount.

BORG (Saxon).

Suretyship.

Borgbriche (violation of a pledge of suretyship) was a fine imposed on the borg for property stolen within its limits. A tithing in which each one became a surety for the others for their good behavior.

Spelman; Cowell; 1 Bl. Comm. 115.

BORGESMON (Saxon). The land of each family composing a tithing.