Category: B

(to plead fairly.) In English law. An obsolete writ upon the statute of Marlbridge, (52 Hen. III. c. 11,) which enacts that neither in the circuits of the justices, nor in counties,

A conviction of the truth of a proposition, existing subjectively in the mind, and induced by argument, persuasion, or proof addressed to the judgment Keller v. State, 102 Ga. 506, 31 S.

The right to use and enjoy property according to one’s own liking or so as to derive a profit or benefit from it, including all that makes it desirable or habitable, as.

A feudal service rendered by the tenant to his lord with plow and cart. Cowell.

In Saxon law. Burning; the crime of house burning, now called “arson.” Cowell; Blount

Inclination; bent; prepossession: a preconceived opinion; a predisposition to decide a cause or an issue in a certain way, which does not leave the mind perfectly open to conviction. Maddox v. State,

In English law. An obsolete writ addressed to a corporation for the carrying of weights to such a haven, there to weigh the wool anciently licensed for transportation. Reg. Orig. 270.

A bond absolute for the payment of money. It is called also a “single bill,” and differs from a promissory note only in having a seal.

(That the bill be quashed.) In practice. The form of the judgment rendered for a defendant on a plea in abatement, where the proceeding is by bill; that is, where the suit

In ecclesiastical law. The diocese of a bishop, or the circuit In which he has jurisdiction; the office of a bishop. 1 Bl. Comm. 377-382.

A subvassal, who held ward of the king’s vassal.

A weregild, or pecuniary mulct paid by a slayer to the relatives of his victim. Also used, in a popular sense, as descriptive of money paid by way of reward for the

A place where books, writings, or evidences were kept. Cowell.

In English practice. A term formerly used in the English inns of court, but more particularly at Gray’s Inn, signifying the private arguing of cases, as distinguished from mooting, which was a

A purchaser in good faith. One who either was ignorant that the thing he bought belonged to another or supposed that the seller had a right to sell it. Dig. 50, 10,

The remission of a tax, particularly on goods intended for export, being a special advantage extended by government in aid of trade and manufactures, and having the same effect as a bonus

All the volumes which contain authentic reports of decisions in English courts, from the earliest times to the present, are called, par exccllcnce, “The Books.” Wharton.

A service anciently required of tenants to carry timber out of the woods of the lord to his house; or it is said to be the quantity of food or provision which

Wood; growing wood of any kind, large or small, timber or coppice. Cowell; Jacob.

A gratuity, or an unusual or additional benefit conferred upon, or compensation paid to, a class of persons. Iowa v. McFarland, 110 U. S. 471, 4 Sup. Ct. 210, 28 L. Ed.