Category: B

In linear measure. The third of an inch.

In criminal law. The act or offense of a barretor, (q. v.;) usually called “common barretry.” The offense of frequently exciting and stirring up suits and quarrels, either at law or otherwise.

In old English law. A kind of money or coin abolished by Henry II.

A house of prostitution ; a brothel. A house or dwelling maintained for the convenience and resort of persons desiring unlawful sexual connection. Davis v. State, 2 Tex. App. 427; State v.

In English law. Hares, coneys, and roes. Co. Litt. 233 ; 2 Bl. Comm. 39.

Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; conduct; manners; carriage of one’s self, with respect to propriety and morals; deportment. Webster. State v. Roll, 1 Ohio Dec. 2S4. Surety to be of

Another name for a benefit society. See BENEFIT.

Same as beneficium divisionis, (g. v.)

In old English law. A term used in Domesday for a village or hamlet belonging to some town or manor.

As a measure or Indication of distance, this word has the effect of excluding the two termini. Revere v. Leonard, 1 Mass. 93; State v. Godfrey, 12 Me. 300. See Morris &

The criminal offense of willfully and knowingly contracting a second Q marriage (or going through the form of a second marriage) while the first marriage, to the knowledge of the offender, is

The name of a bill in equity to obtain a settlement of a question of right to money or other property adversely claimed, in which the party filing the bill has no

A bill; an original bill.

Good faith does not suffer the same thing to be demanded twice; and in making satisfaction [for a debt or demand] it is not allowed to be done more than once. 9

1. In one of its original meanings, this term denoted a tribute paid by English dwellers along the Scottish border to influential chieftains of Scotland, as a condition of securing immunity from

In old English law. Boughs broken down from trees and thrown in a way where deer are likely to pass. Jacob.

A boarding-house is not in common parlance, or in legal meaning, every private house where one or more boarders are kept occasionally only and upon special considerations. But it is a quasi

Water arising from a salt well belonging to a person who is not the owner of the soil.

A purchaser for a valuable consideration paid or parted with in the belief that the vendor had a right to sell, and without any suspicious circumstances to put him on inquiry. Merritt

It is the duty of a good judge to cause judgment to be executed without delay. Co. Litt 289.