Stews
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In English law. Places formerly permitted in England to women of professed lewdness, and who for hire would prostitute their bodies to all comers. These places were so called because the dissolute persons who visited them prepared themselves by bathing, — the word stews being derived from the old French estuves, stove, or hot bath. 3 Inst. 205.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Places formerly permitted Id England to women of professed lewdness, who for hire would prostitute their bodies to all comers. These places were so called because the dissolute persons who visited them prepared themselves by bathing, — the word stewh being derived from the old French estuves, stove, or hot bath. Co. 3d Inst. 205. STILLICIDIUM (Lat). In Civil Law. The rain-water that falls from the roof or eaves of a house by scattered drops. When it is gathered into a spout, it is called flumen. See Ser vitus; Inst. 3. 2. 1; Dig. 8. 2. 2.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
Engl. law, were places formerly permitted, in England, to women of professed lewdness, and who, for hire, would prostitute their bodies to all comers. ‘These places were so called because the dissolute persons who visited them, prepared themselves by bathing; the word stews being derived from the old French estuves, stove, or hot bath. 3 Inst. 205.