Category: B

Certain writs of approved and established form which were granted of course in actions to which they were applicable, and which could not be changed but by consent of the great council

In general. A written document; a letter; a writing in the form of a letter. A summary, abstract, or epitome. A condensed statement of some larger document, or of a series of

An agent employed to make bargains and contracts between other persons, in matters of trade, commerce, or navigation, for a compensation commonly called “brokerage.” Story, Ag.

An organization created for the purpose of accumulating a fund by the monthly subscriptions and savings of its members to assist them in building or purchasing for themselves dwellings or real estate

A tenure by which lands in royal boroughs in Scotland were held of the sovereign. The service was watching and warding, and was done by the burgesses within the territory of the

Murder committed with the object of selling the cadaver for purposes of dissection, particularly and originally, by suffocating or strangling the victim. So named from William Burke, a notorious practitioner of this

In English law. A law for the heir to punish waste in the life of the ancestor. “Though it be on record iu the parliament book of Edward I., yet it never

The statute law of New Jersey recognizes three different kinds of roads: A public road, a private road, and a byroad. A by-road is a road used by the inhabitants, and recognized

A legislative act, directed against a designated person, pronouncing him guilty of an alleged crime, (usually treason,) without trial or conviction according to the recognized rules of procedure, and passing sentence of

In Scotch law. A deed attaching a qualification or condition to the terms of a conveyance or other instrument. This deed is used when particular circumstances render it necessary to express in

Sureties whose liability is conditioned upon the failure of the principal to duly account for money coming to his hands as administrator, guardian, etc.

The party who bails or delivers goods to another, In the contract of bailment. McGee v. French, 49 S. C. 454, 27 S. E. 487.

In the law of elections. A slip of paper bearing the names of the offices to be filled at the particular election and the names of the candidates for whom the elector

Deodands, (q. v.)

See BANS OF MATRIMONY.

The party to a bargain to whom the subject-matter of the bargain or thing bargained for is to go; the grantee in a deed of bargain and sale.

Sterility; the incapacity to bear children.

A Greek word, meaning “king.” A title assumed by the emperors of the. Eastern Roman Empire. It is used by Justinian in some of the Novels; and is said to have been

In Louisiana. A marine term used to denote a bottom of sand, stone, or rock mixed together and rising towards the surface of the water; an elevation of the bed of a

In English law. The hart, hind, hare, boar, and wolf. Co. Litt. 233a.