BANE

A malefactor. Bract. l. 1, t. 8, c.· 1. Also a public denunciation of a malefactor; the same with what was called "hutesium," hue and cry. Spelman. BANERET, or BANNERET.,In English law. A knight made in the field, by the ceremony of cutting ofr the point of his · standard, and making it, as it were, a banner. Knights so made are accounted so honorable that they are allowed to display their arms in the royal army, as barons do, and mll.y bear arms with supporters. They rank next to barons; and were sometimes called "vexillarli.'' Wharton. BANL Deodands, (q. ti.) [s. 122]