Category: B

In old law, one under a ban, (q. v.;) an outlaw or banished man. Britt cc. 12, 13; Calvin.

(Modern Fr. hrcbis.) Sheep. See Millen v. Fawen, Bendloe, 171, “home ove petit chien chase barbitts.”

In maritime law. An act committed by the master or mariners of a vessel, for some unlawful or fraudulent purpose, contrary to their duty to the owners, whereby the latter sustain injury.

In English law. An estate or fee which has a qualification subjoined thereto, and which must be determined whenever the qualification annexed to it is at an, end. 2 Bl. Comm. 109.

In French marine law. A vessel or ship.

To generate interest, so that the instrument or loan spoken of shall produce or yield interest at the rate specified by the parties or granted by law. Slaughter v. Slaughter, 21 Ind.

In English law. A place where beer is sold to be consumed on the premises; as distinguished from a “beer-shop,” which is a place where beer is sold to be consumed off

Well; In proper form; legally ; sufficiently.

Hob. 148. A remuneration [is] not given, unless on account of a duty performed.

4 Coke, 15. The more favorable construction is to be placed on general or doubtful expressions.

In old Engl ish law. A writ which lay where a great- grandfather died seised of lands and tenements in fee-simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated, or

Common property ; those things which, not being the private property of any person, are open to the use of all, such as the air, rain, water, the sea and its beaciies.

An old form of process similar to a capias, issued out of the court of king’s bench in personal actions, directed to the sheriff of the county of Middlesex, (hence the name,)

In French maritime law. Any written instrument which contains a contract of bottomry, respondentia, or any other kind of maritime loan. There is no corresponding English term. Hall, Marit. Loans, 182. n.

To place one under a legal obligation to serve another; as to bind out an apprentice.

A book of the highest authority in admiralty matters, generally supposed to have been compiled during the reign of Edward III. with additions of a later date. It contains the laws of

An acceptance of a bill of exchange written on the paper before the bill is made, and delivered by the acceptor.

The governing body of a private corporation, generally selected from among the stockholders and constituting in effect a committee of their number or board of trustees for their interests.

A person. Used of a natural body, or of an artificial one created by law, as a Corporation. Also the main part of any instrument; in deeds it is spoken of as

In the civil law. The separate property of a married woman other than that which is included in her dowry; more particularly, her clothing, jewels, and ornaments. Whi- ton v. Snyder, 88