Category: B

In old law. A plain; open heath. Cowell.

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.

One possessing a license, commission, or certificate of competency issued by the proper authority and usually after an examination. U. S. v. Forbes, 25 Fed. Cas. 1141; Petterson v. State (Tex. Cr.

In medical jurisprudence. The air expelled from the lungs at each expiration.

A writ is so called because it briefly states, in few words, the matter in dispute, and the object of the party seeking relief. 2 Inst. 39.

A writ or mandate to a sheriff to deliver to his successor the county, and appurtenances, with the rolls, briefs, remembrance, and all other things belonging to his office. Reg. Orig. 295.