Category: B

exceptions. A formal statement in writing of the objections or exceptions taken by a party during the trial of a cause to the decisions, rulings, or instructions of the trial judge, stating

When an importer of goods is ignorant of their exact quantity or quality, so that he cannot make a perfect entry of them, he may give to the customs officer a written

Consisting of, or divisible into, two parts. A term in conveyancing descriptive of an instrument in two parts, and executed by both parties.

The head-dress worn by the judge in pronouncing the sentence of death. It is part of the judicial full dress, and is worn by the judges on occasions of especial state. Wharton

An incendiary.

A board or commission created by the sovereign authority or by municipalities, invested with certain powers and charged with certain duties in relation to the preservation and improvement of the public health.

A county at large, as distinguished from any particular place within it. A county considered as a territorial whole. State v. Arthur, 30 Iowa, 632; People v. Dunn, 31 App. Div. 139,

Good abearance or behavior.

In old English law. Good men, (of the jury.)

A detailed statement, kept in writing in a book, in the nature of debits and credits between persons, arising out of contract or some fiduciary relation; an account or record of debit

In old English law. A species of base tenure, by which certain lands (termed “bord lands,”) were anciently held in England, the tenants being termed “bordarii;” the service was that of keeping

A custom prevalent in some parts of England, by which the youngest son inherits the estate in preference to his older brothers. 1 Bl. Comm. 75.

In feudal law. A symbol which gave seisin of land, to hold of the donor in capite.

An under-oflicer of the forest, whose duty it was to oversee and true inquisition make, as well of sworn men as unsworn, in every bailiwick of the forest; and of all manner

The breaking any pound or place where cattle or goods distrained are deposited, in order to take them back. 3 Bl. Comm. 14G.

In Saxon law. The ruler of the Saxon heptarchy.

Writs of course. Formal writs issuing as of course.

Persons chosen by the citizens, to have the care and supervision of bridges, and having certain fees and profits belonging to their office, as in the case of London Bridge.

In old English law. A wood, a thicket or covert of bushes and brushwood. Cowell; Blount.

A structure or edifice erected by the hand of man, composed of natural materials, as stone or wood, and intended for use or convenience. Truesdell v. Gray, 13 Gray (Mass.) 311; State