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BAIL COURT

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.

BAIRNS

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.

BALLOTTEMENT FR

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

BANK

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

BANNUS

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

BARRETRY

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.

BASILS

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

BAWDY-HOUSE

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.

BEHAVIOR

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

BEREWICHA, OR BEREWTCA

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

BETWEEN

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 &

BIGAMY

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

BILL OF INTERPLEADER

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

BLACK-MAIL

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

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