Category: B

A place where books, writings, or evidences were kept. Cowell.

In English practice. A term formerly used in the English inns of court, but more particularly at Gray’s Inn, signifying the private arguing of cases, as distinguished from mooting, which was a

A purchaser in good faith. One who either was ignorant that the thing he bought belonged to another or supposed that the seller had a right to sell it. Dig. 50, 10,

The remission of a tax, particularly on goods intended for export, being a special advantage extended by government in aid of trade and manufactures, and having the same effect as a bonus

All the volumes which contain authentic reports of decisions in English courts, from the earliest times to the present, are called, par exccllcnce, “The Books.” Wharton.

A service anciently required of tenants to carry timber out of the woods of the lord to his house; or it is said to be the quantity of food or provision which

Wood; growing wood of any kind, large or small, timber or coppice. Cowell; Jacob.

A gratuity, or an unusual or additional benefit conferred upon, or compensation paid to, a class of persons. Iowa v. McFarland, 110 U. S. 471, 4 Sup. Ct. 210, 28 L. Ed.

One possessing a license, commission, or certificate of competency issued by the proper authority and usually after an examination. U. S. v. Forbes, 25 Fed. Cas. 1141; Petterson v. State (Tex. Cr.

In medical jurisprudence. The air expelled from the lungs at each expiration.

Jenk. Cent 292. A judicial writ ought to follow its original, and an accessory its principal.

One who manufactures fermented liquors of any name or description, for sale, from malt, wholly or in part, or from any substitute therefor. Act July 13, 1866,

To “bring” an action or suit has a settled customary meaning at law, and refers to the initation of legal proceedings in a suit. A suit is “brought” at the time it

In medical jurisprudence. A contusion; an injury upon the flesh of a person with a blunt or heavy instrument, without solution of continuity, or without breaking the skin. Shadock v. Road Co.,

An officially published notice or announcement concerning the progress of matters of public importance. In France, the registry of the laws.

A fine imposed on the community of a town, for a breach of the peace, etc.

In English law. The ancient punishment of sodomites, and those who contracted with Jews. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 27,

To acquire the ownership of property by giving an accepted price or consideration therefor; or by agreeing to do so ; to acquire by the payment of a price or value; to

plea of infancy, interposed for the purpose of defeating an action upon a contract made while the person was a minor, is vulgarly called “pleading the baby act.” By extension, the term

Substantially defective; inapt; not good. The technical word for unsoundness in pleading.