Category: B

In the civil law. The privilege which the heir obtains of being liable for the charges and debts of the succession. only to the value of the effects of the succession, by

An officer having charge of a mine. A bailiff or chief officer among the Derbyshire miners, who, in addition to his other duties, executes the office of coroner among them. Blount; Cowell.

Eng. Expended. Before the Britons and Saxons had introduced the general use of money, they traded chiefly by exchange of wares. Wharton.

Ipal laws. By-laws of towns; munic-

One which is brought to take the testimony of witnesses to a fact material to the prosecution of a suit at law which is actually commenced, where there is good cause to

A bill of lading.

In old English law. A fine imposed for not repairing banks, ditches, and causeways.

In old English law. Rents reserved in work, grain, provisions, or baser money, in contradistinction to those which were reserved in white money or silver, which were termed “white rents,” (rcditus albi,)

In Pennsylvania land law. Any considerable body of contiguous tracts surveyed in the name of the same warrantee, without regard to the manner in which they were originally located ; a body

A term applied in some states to minor rivers and streams capable of being navigated in small boats, skiffs, or launches, though not by steam or sailing vessels. New England Trout, etc.,

A little house or cottage. Blount

In the civil law. Of good faith ; in good faith. This is a more frequent form than bona fide.

In the civil law. To make a transfer or surrender of property, as a debtor did to his creditors. Cod. 7, 71.

In Scotch law. An account which the directors of the chancery kept to enter all non-entry and relief duties payable by heirs who take precepts from chancery.

A customary small toll paid to the lord of a town for setting up boards, tables, booths, etc., in fairs or markets.

In English law. The food which wood and trees yield to cattle; browse- wood, mast, etc. Spelman. An ancient duty of wind-fallen wood in the forest. Manwood.

In American law. Visible marks or objects at the ends of the lines drawn in surveys of land, showing the courses and distances. Biirrill.

In Hindu law. A divine; a priest; the first Hindu caste.

In Scotch law. The contempt of the law committed by an arrestee who disregards the arrestment used in his hands, and pays the sum or delivers the goods arrested to the debtor.

To purchase a writ or license of trial in the king’s courts by the plaintiff.