Category: B

Writs occasionally issued by the masters or clerks of chancery, the form of which was varied to suit the circumstances of each case. Bract, fol. 4136.

In Scotch law. A writ issued in the name of the sovereign in the election of tutors to minors, the cognoscing of lunatics or of idiots, and the ascertaining the widow’s terce;

Bruised, or Injured with blows, wounds, or other casualty. Cowell.

A lease of land for a long term of years, usually 99, at a rent called a “ground rent,” the lessee covenanting to erect certain edifices thereon accordiug to specification, and to

One who breaks into houses or inclosed places, as distinguished from one who committed robbery in the open country. Spelman.

In Scotch law. Laws made by neighbors elected by common consent in the burlaw courts. Skene.

A measure of liquid capacity, equal to one hundred and eight gallons; also a measure of land.

Incidentally; without new process. A term used in former English practice to denote the method of filing a declaration against a defendant who was already in the custody of the court at

The second letter of the English alphabet : is used to denote the second of a series of pages, notes, etc.; the subsequent letters, the third and following numbers.

Indorsement; indorsement by a magistrate.

A fictitious proceeding, intended only to express the appearance of a defendant, in cases where special bail is not required. It is put in in the same form as special bail, but

In old Scotch law. A poor Insolvent debtor, left bare and naked, who was obliged to swear in court that he was not worth more than five shillings and fivepence.

A case made of wood for receiving ballots.

In criminal law. A punishment inflicted upon criminals, by compelling them to quit a city, place, or country for a specified period of time, or for life. See Cooper v. Telfair, 4

A ban, (q. v.)

Is sometimes figuratively used to denote the mere words or letter of an instrument, or outer covering of the ideas sought to be expressed, as distinguished from its inner substance or essential

In criminal law. A common mover, exciter, or maintainer of suits and quarrels either in courts or elsewhere in the country; a disturber of the peace who spreads false rumors and calumnies,

The name given to a compilation of Roman and Greek law, prepared about A. D. 8S0 by the Emperor Basilius, and published by his successor, Leo the Philosopher. It was written in

One who procures opportunities for persons of opposite sexes to cohabit in an illicit manner; who may be, while exercising the trade of a bawd, perfectly innocent of committing in his or

An old term for animals employed in the operations of husbandry, including horses. Somers v. Emerson, 58 N. II. 49.