BEAR
To support, sustain, or carry; to give rise to”, or to produce, something else as an incident or auxiliary.
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To support, sustain, or carry; to give rise to”, or to produce, something else as an incident or auxiliary.
In old French law. The seat or throne upon which the king sat when personally present in parliament; hence it signified the parliament itself.
In international law. A term used to designate either of two nations which are actually in a state of war with each other, as well as their allies actively cooperating; as distinguished
Another name for a benefit society. See BENEFIT.
In the civil law. The right to have the goods of an heir separated from those of the testator in favor of creditors.
Constructions [of written instruments] are to be made liberally, on account of the simplicity of the laity, [or common people,] in order that the thing [or subject-matter] may rather have effect than
The great-grandfather, proavus. 1 Bl. Comm. 186.
One who offers to pay a specified price for an article offered for sale at a public auction. Webster v. French. 11 HI. 254.
A term used in Louisiana, derived from the French. A book in which bankers, merchants, and traders write a statement of all they owe and all that is due them; a balance-sheet.
A bill in equity, to obtain a reexamination and reversal of a decree, filed by one who was not a party to the original suit, nor hound by the decree.
A bond absolute for the payment of money. It is called also a “single bill,” and differs from a promissory note only in having a seal.
An official certificate, given by the authorities of a port from which a vessel clears, to the master of the ship, showing the state of the port, as respects the public health,
Pertaining to, or consisting of, two metals used as money at a fixed relative value.
Fictitious names applied to pieces of land, and used as examples in the old books.
In old English law. A corn-monger; meal-man or corn-chandler; a bladier, or engrosser of corn or grain. Blount.
In England, where a testator directs his real and personal estate to be sold, and disposes of the proceeds as forming one aggregate, this is called a “blended fund’.”
A board or commission created by the sovereign authority or by municipalities, invested with certain powers and charged with certain duties in relation to the preservation and improvement of the public health.
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Goods and chattels. Movable property. This expression includes all personal things that belong to a man. 16 Mees. & W. G8.
In the Scotch law. An assize or jury of good neighbors. Bell.