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Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Peace.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Peace; protection. Termes de la Ley. GRITHBRECH (Sax. grith, peace, and brych, breaking). Breach of the king's peace, as opposed to frithbrech, a breach of the nation's peace with other nations. Leges Hen. I. c. 36; Chart. Willielm. Conq. Eccles. S. Pauli in Hist. ejusd. fol. 90.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In Saxon law. Peace; protection.

Grithhreoh. Breach of the king's peace, as opposed to frithbrech, a breach of the nation's peace with other nations.

Grithstole. A seat, chair, or place of peace; a sanctuary; a stone within a church-gate, to which an offender might flee.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Peace; protection. Termes de la Ley.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Sax. Peace.