Legal Term: BARON

Definition: This word has but one signification in American law, namely, hushand: we use baron and feme, for hushand and wife. And in this sense it is going out of use.

2. In England, and perhaps some other countries, baron is a title of honor, it is the first degree of nobility below a viscount. Vide Com. Dig. Baron and Feme, Bac. Ab. Baron and Feme, and the articles. Hushand, Marriage, Wife.

3. In the laws of the middle ages, baron or bers, (baro) signifes a great vassal, lord of a fief and tenant immediately from the king: and the words baronage, barnage and berner, signify collectively the vassals composing the court of the king, as Le roi et son barnage, The king and his court. See SpelmansGlossary, verb. Baro.

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