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Glans

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In the civll law. Acorns or nuts of the oak or other trees.

In a larger sense, all fruits of trees.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In the civil law. Acorns or nuts of the oak or other trees.

In a larger sense, all fruits of trees.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat.

In old English law. Acorns, nuts or mast of the oak and other trees, as the chesnut and beech. It seems to have included any produce of trees that might be fed upon by animals, as distinguished from herbage. Glandis nomine continetur glans castanea, fagina, ficus et nuces, et alia quaeque quae edi vel pasci poterunt praeter herbam. Bract. fol. 226 b. 2 Inst. 411.