Category: B

See BLANCH HOLDING.

One who, being the inhabitant of a place, makes a special contract with another person for food with or without lodging. Berkshire Woollen Co. v. Proctor, 7 Cush. (Mass.) 424. One who

A term applied to a corporation, which is usually designated as a “body corporate and politic.” The term is particularly appropriate to a public corporation invested with powers and duties of government.

In or with good faith; honestly, openly, and sincerely; without deceit or fraud. Truly; actually; without simulation or pretense. Innocently; in the attitude of trust and confidence; without notice of fraud, etc.

It is the duty of a good judge to enlarge or extend justice. 1 Burr. 304.

In Scotch law. The original records of criminal trials in the court of justiciary.

In Saxon law. A breach or violation of suretyship; pledge- breach, or breach of mutual fidelity.

The chief municipal officer in towns unincorporated before the municipal corporations act, (5 & 6 Win. IV. c. 76.)

As an adjective, denotes the condition of being constrained by the obligations of a bond or a covenant. In the law of shipping, “bound to” or “bound for” denotes that the vessel

In Spanish law. An advocate ; one who pleads the causes of others, or his own, before courts of justice, either as plaintiff or defendant.

Laws providing for the sustenance of persons kept in prison for debt.

A writ making only a general complaint, without the details or particulars of the cause of action.

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