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BUVETTE

Volume 5 · 64 words · 1810 Edition

or Beuvette, in the French laws, an established place in every court, where the lawyers and counsellors may retire, warm themselves, and take a glass of wine by way of refreshment, at the king's charge. There is one for each court of parliament, but there are only for persons belonging to that body; there are others in the palais, whither other persons also resort.