Baneret, or Banneret [Fr.], a knight made in the field, by the ceremony of cutting off the point of his standard, and making it, as it were, a banner. Knights so made are accounted so honourable that they are allowed to display their arms in the royal army, as barons do, and may bear arms with supporters. They rank next to barons. And were sometimes called vexillarii, Jac. Law Dict.
View Judgments Citing this Phrase