BANNUS
\bˈanəs], \bˈanəs], \b_ˈa_n_ə_s]\
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In old English law. A proclamation. Bannus regis; the king's proclamation, made by the voice of a herald, forbidding all present at the trial by combat to interfere either by motion or word, whatever they might see or hear. Bract fol. 142.
By Henry Campbell Black
