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JUSTICES OF TRAILBASTON

\d͡ʒˈʌstɪsɪz ɒv tɹˈe͡ɪlbastən], \d‍ʒˈʌstɪsɪz ɒv tɹˈe‍ɪlbastən], \dʒ_ˈʌ_s_t_ɪ_s_ɪ_z ɒ_v t_ɹ_ˈeɪ_l_b_a_s_t_ə_n]\

Definitions of JUSTICES OF TRAILBASTON

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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In O.E. Law, an itinerant court, set up under Edward I., for the summary punishment of disturbers of the peace, etc. So named, perhaps, from the staves [O.Fr.] which the marshals of the court carried or trailed after them.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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