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Heraldry

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The office of a herald; the art of tracing genealogy and inheritable titles and decorations.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

(1) The science of heralds; (2) an old and obsolete abuse of buying and selling precedence In the paper of causes for hearing. 2 North’s Life of Lord-Keeper Guilford, 2d ed. 86.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The art, office or science of heralds. Also an old and obsolete abuse of buying and selling precedence in the paper of causes for hearing.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

The art, office, or science of heralds. Also an old and obsolete abuse of buying and selling precedence in the paper of causes for hearing.