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Knights Bannerets

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Knights bannerets [milites vexillarii, Lat.], those created by the sovereign in person on the field of battle, formerly entitled to a banner in battle. They have been said to rank, generally, after Knights of the Garter. 1 Bl. Com. 403.

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