Escambio
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In old English law. A writ granting power to an English merchant to draw a bill of exchange on another who is in a foreign country. Reg. Orig. 194.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
breve de, I. I.
In old English law. A writ of exchange, — a license in the shape of a writ, granted to an English merchant, to draw a bill on another in foreign parts.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In old English law. A writ of exchanve. A license in the shupe of a writ, formerly granted toan English merchant to draw a bill of exchange on another in foreign parts. Reg. Orig. 194.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
I. A license in the form of a writ to a merchant to draw foreign bills of exchange. Escambium: exchange.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Breve de. L. Lat.
In old English law. A writ of exchange. A license in the shape of a writ, formerly granted to an English merchant to draw a bill of exchange on another in foreign parts, {in partibus exteris.) Beg. Orig, I9i.