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The bounding lines of land at the end; abuttals, which see.

Charity, as used in the Massachusetts Sunday law, includes whatever proceeds from a sense of moral duty or a feeling of kindness and humanity, and is intended wholly for the purpose of

A contract of letting lands.

An abbreviation for “before Christ.” “bail court,” “bankruptcy cases,” and “British Columbia.”

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In English law and practice. An auxiliary court of the court of queen’s bench at Westminster, wherein points connected more particularly with pleading and practice are ar- pued and determined. Holthouse.

In Scotch law. A known term, used to denote one’s whole issue. Ersk. Inst. 3, 8, 48. But it is sometimes used in a more limited sense. Bell.

In medical jurisprudence. A test for pregnancy by palpation with the finger inserted in the vagina to the mouth of the uterus. The tip of the finger being quickly jerked upward, the

1. A bench or seat; the bench or tribunal occupied by the judges; the seat of judgment; a court. The full bench, or full court; the assembly of all the judges of

In old English law. A proclamation. Bannus regis; the king’s proclamation, made by the voice of a herald, forbidding all present at the trial by combat to interfere either by motion or

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.

This term is properly used to distinguish a sale of liquors to be drunk for the pleasure of drinking, from liquors to be drunk in obedience to a physician’s advice. Com. v.