Note 91 — HOUSES OF STUDENTS IN THE COMMON LAW

Cowell, in his Law Dictionary, says, “Bolting is a term of art used in Gray’s Inn, and applied to the bolting or arguing of moot cases.” He endeavours to show that the bolting of cases is analogous to the boulting or sifting of meal through a bag. All readers of Shakspeare must be familiar with the use of the word in the latter sense.