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Rings-Giving

Defined in 1 dictionary — Bouvier (1914)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The giving of golden rings by a newly-created sergeant-at-law to every person of rank at court, from the princes of the blood, through the lords in parliament and the Justices and barons of the courts, down to the meanest clerk of common English money. Fortesque 190; 10 Co. Introd. 23.