Category: B

An offshoot, lateral extension, or subdivision. A branch of a family stock is a group of persons, related among themselves by descent from a common ancestor, and related to the main stock

A metaphorical expression, signifying the conscience, discretion, or recollection of the judge. During the term of a court, the record is said to remain “in the breast of the judges of the

A written memorandum introduced to perpetuate the tenor of the conveyance and investiture of lands. 2 Bl. Comm. 307. In Scotch law. A similar memorandum made out at the time of the

Another name for the Brevarium Alaricianum, (q. v.) Anian was the referendery or chancellor of Alaric, and was commanded by the latter to authenticate, by his signature, the copies of the breviary

A coat of mail or ancient armour, consisting of numerous jointed scale-like plates, very pliant and easy for the body, mentioned in 4 & 5 P. & M. c. 2.

In old English law. A heath ground; ground where heath grows. Spelman.

In ecclesiastical law. An instrument granted by the pope of Rome, and sealed with a seal of lead, containiug some decree, commandment, or other public act, emanating from the pontiff. Bull, in

In English law. An inhabitant or freeman of a borough or town; a person duly and legally admitted a member of a municipal corporation. Spelman; 3 Steph. Comm. 188. 1S9. A magistrate

Lat A purse.

A phrase used in conveyancing, to describe the end lines or circumscribing lines of a certain piece of land. The phrase “metes and bounds” has the same meaning.

That given by a defendant who intends to bring a writ of error on the judgment and desires a stay of execution in the mean time.

Bancus Superior, that is, upper bench.

A rod, staff, or wand, used in old English practice in making livery of seisin where no building stood on the land, (Bract. 40;) a stick or wand, by the erection of

In a general sense, a person to whom some authority, care, guardianship, or jurisdiction is delivered, committed, or intrusted; one who is deputed or appointed to take charge of another’s affairs; an

The standard-bearer of the Knights Templar.

In Canadian law. The right by virtue of which a lord subjects his vassals to grind at his mill, bake at his oven, etc. Used also of the region within which this

A person who has committed an act of bankruptcy; one who has done some act or suffered some act to be done in consequence of which, under the laws of his country,

1. A partition or railing running across a court-room, intended to separate the general public from the space occupied by the judges, counsel, jury, and others concerned in the trial of a

A lord or nobleman; the most general title of nobility in England. 1 Bl. Comm. 398, 399. A particular degree or title of nobility, next to a viscount. A judge of the

In old English law. The demesne land of a manor; a farm distinct from the mansion.