burabref (OSw) noun

A writ confirming the bearer’s right to live, and presumably trade, in a town (see burskap), and functioning as a passport and identification document.


charter confirming franchise OSw MESt Kgb Refs:

Holmbäck and Wessén 1966, 32 n. 79

Citation
  • ‘burabref’. A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law.

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/6994
    (07/27/2024)