Category: B

In English law. An estate or fee which has a qualification subjoined thereto, and which must be determined whenever the qualification annexed to it is at an, end. 2 Bl. Comm. 109.

In French marine law. A vessel or ship.

To generate interest, so that the instrument or loan spoken of shall produce or yield interest at the rate specified by the parties or granted by law. Slaughter v. Slaughter, 21 Ind.

In English law. A place where beer is sold to be consumed on the premises; as distinguished from a “beer-shop,” which is a place where beer is sold to be consumed off

Well; In proper form; legally ; sufficiently.

Hob. 148. A remuneration [is] not given, unless on account of a duty performed.

4 Coke, 15. The more favorable construction is to be placed on general or doubtful expressions.

Primary evidence, as distinguished from secondary; original, as distinguished from substitutionary; the best and highest evidence of which the nature of the case is susceptible. A written instrument is itself always regarded

A species of community in property enjoyed by husband and wife, the property being divisible equally between them on the dissolution of the marriage; does not include what they held as their

A bill, the object of which is to remove a suit in equity from some inferior court to the court of chancery, or some other superior court of equity, on account of

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,

The act by which a court or magistrate requires a person to enter into a recognizance or furnish ball to appear for trial, to keep the peace, to attend as a witness,

The name of an ancient book kept in the English exchequer, containing a collection of treaties, conventions, charters, etc.

In the law of fire insurance. A policy which contemplates that the risk is shifting, fluctuating, or varying, and is applied to a class of property, rather than to any particular article

As these exist in many cities, they are unincorporated voluntary associations composed exclusively of persons engaged in the business of fire insurance, having for their object consolidation and co-operation in matters affecting

A corporation.

Vacant, unclaimed, or stray goods. Those things in which nobody claims a property, and which belong to the crown, by virtue of its prerogative. 1 Bl. Comm. 298.

A surety; one who has entered into a bond as surety. The word seems to apply especially to the sureties upon the bonds of officers, trustees, etc., while tail should be reserved

1. A general designation applied to any literary composition which is printed, but appropriately to a printed composition bound in a volume. Scoville v. Toland, 21 Fed. Cas. 864. 2. A bound

An old Saxon word, signifying a cottage; a house; a table.