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moulin banal French, Hist. 
in Old Quebec, the mill of the seigneur, where tenants were obliged to take their grain for milling.
See also: mouture
- 1815 They are also bound to grind their corn at the moulin banal, or the lord's mill, where one-fourteenth part of it is taken as his use for mouture, or payment for grinding.
- 1886 The intendant issued an ordinance forbidding the Dame de la Forêt from turning her mill in the county of St. Laurent while there was a moulin banal in that place.
- 1815 They are also bound to grind their corn at the moulin banal, or the lord's mill, where one-fourteenth part of it is taken as his use for mouture, or payment for grinding.