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A written memorandum introduced to perpetuate the tenor of the conveyance and investiture of lands. 2 Bl. Comm. 307. In Scotch law. A similar memorandum made out at the time of the

Another name for the Brevarium Alaricianum, (q. v.) Anian was the referendery or chancellor of Alaric, and was commanded by the latter to authenticate, by his signature, the copies of the breviary

A coat of mail or ancient armour, consisting of numerous jointed scale-like plates, very pliant and easy for the body, mentioned in 4 & 5 P. & M. c. 2.

In old English law. A heath ground; ground where heath grows. Spelman.

In ecclesiastical law. An instrument granted by the pope of Rome, and sealed with a seal of lead, containiug some decree, commandment, or other public act, emanating from the pontiff. Bull, in

In English law. An inhabitant or freeman of a borough or town; a person duly and legally admitted a member of a municipal corporation. Spelman; 3 Steph. Comm. 188. 1S9. A magistrate

Lat A purse.

A phrase used in conveyancing, to describe the end lines or circumscribing lines of a certain piece of land. The phrase “metes and bounds” has the same meaning.

That given by a defendant who intends to bring a writ of error on the judgment and desires a stay of execution in the mean time.

An abbreviation for Bancus Regis, (King’s Bench,) or Bancus Regince, (Queen’s Bench.) It is frequently found in the old books as a designation of that court. In more recent usage, the initial

In a policy of marine insurance, the phrase “forwards and backwards at sea” means from port to port in the course of the voyage, and not merely from one terminus to the

Capable of being bailed; admitting of bail; authorizing or requiring bail. A bailable action is one in which the defendant cannot be released from arrest except on furnishing bail. Bailable process is

The amount remaining due from one person to another on a settlement of the accounts involving their mutual dealings ; the difference between the two sides (debit and credit) of an account.

In Canadian and old French law. Pertaining to a ban or privileged place; having qualities or privileges derived from a ban. Thus, a banal mill is one to which the lord may

In mercantile law. Notes, checks, bank-bills, drafts, and other securities for money, received as cash by the banks. Such commercial paper as Is considered worthy of discount by the bank to which

In East Indian law. A Hindoo merchant or shop-keeper. The word is used in Bengal to denote the native who manages the money concerns of a European, and sometimes serves him as

An old law term signifying, originally, a “man,” whether slave or free. In later usage, a “freeman,” a “strong man,” a “good soldier,” a “baron;” also a “vassal,” or “feudal tenant or

A contract by which parties exchange goods or commodities for other eoods. It differs from sale, In this: that in the latter transaction goods or property are always exchanged for money. Guerreiro

An illegitimate child; a child born of an unlawful intercourse, and while its parents are not united in marriage. Tim- mins v. Lacy, 30 Tex. 135; Miller v. Anderson, 43 Ohio St.

A species of creek or stream common in Louisiana and Texas. An outlet from a swamp, pond, or lagoon, to a river, or the sea. See Surgett v. Lapice, 8 How. 48,