Category: B

A pond-head made of a great height to keep in water for the supply of a mill, etc., so that the wheel of the mill may be turned by the water rushing

In Suffolk, England, imports land and common for one beast. Bennington v. Goodtitle, 2 Strange, 1084; Rosa Real Act 485.

In Spanish law. Lands situated in places where the inhabitants had the right to select their own lords.

The enjoyment which a man has of an estate in his own right and for his own benefit, and not as trustee for another. 11 H. L. Cas. 271.

In the civil law. The privilege which the heir obtains of being liable for the charges and debts of the succession. only to the value of the effects of the succession, by

An officer having charge of a mine. A bailiff or chief officer among the Derbyshire miners, who, in addition to his other duties, executes the office of coroner among them. Blount; Cowell.

This term is properly used to distinguish a sale of liquors to be drunk for the pleasure of drinking, from liquors to be drunk in obedience to a physician’s advice. Com. v.

An obstinate person, or one that is wedded to an opinion, in matters of religion, etc.

A bill in equity tiled in order to procure the testimony of witnesses to be taken as to some matter not at the time before the courts, but which is likely at

A bill of exchange.

The father of one’s grandfather or grandmother.

A closed wagon or van in which prisoners are carried to and from the jail, or between the court and the jail.

A square or portion of a city or town inclosed by streets, whether partially or wholly occupied by buildings or containing only vacant lots. Ottawa v. Barney, 10 Kan. 270; Fraser v.

A small open vessel, or water- craft, usually moved by oars or rowing. It is commonly distinguished in law from a ship or vessel, by being of smaller size and without a

Wood; timber; brush.

Good faith demands that what is agreed upon shall be done. Dig. 19, 20, 21; Id. 19, 1, 50; Id. 50, 8, 2, 13.

It is the duty of a good Judge to prevent litigations, that suit may not grow out of suit, and It concerns the welfare of a state that an end be put

An account or enumeration of the duties or tariffs authorized by parliament. 1 Bl. Comm. 310.

In French law. A note enumerating the purchases and sales which may have been made by a broker or stockbroker. This name is also given to the statement given to a banker

In Saxon law. The borough’s ealder, or headborough, supposed to be in the discreetest man in the borough, town, or tithing.