Marches
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Abbott (1879), Bouvier (1839)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Limits; confines; borders. Especially used of the limits between England and Wales and between England and Scotland. Ersk. Inst. 2. 6. 4.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
An old English term for boundaries or frontiers, particularly the boundaries and limits between England and Wales or between England and Scotland or the barders of the dominions of the crown or the boundaries of properties in Scotland. Mozley & Whitley.
— Marches, court of. An abolished tribunal in Wales, where pleas of debt or damages, not above the value of f5O, were tried and determined. Cro. Car. 384.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Limits; bounds or borders; particularly borders between England and Wales, and borders between England and Scotland.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
An old English term for boundaries or frontiers, particularly the boundaries and limits between England and Wales, or between England and Seotland, or the borders of the dominions of the crown, or the boundaries of properties in Scotland, Mozley & Whitley.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
An old English term for boundaries or frontiers, particularly the boundaries and limits between England and Wales, or between England and Scotland, or the borders of the dominions of the crown, or the boundaries of properties in Scotland. Modey §■ W. Court of inarches was the name of a tribunal of Wales, where pleas of debt or damages, not exceeding £50, were tried and determined. Tamlins.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
Engl. law. This word signifies the limits, or confines, or borders. Bac. Law Tracts, tit. Jurisdiction of the Marches, p. 246. It was applied to the limits between England and Wales or Scotland. In Scotland the term marches is applied to the boundaries between private properties.