Category: B

The expression by the judges of a court, to one another, of their views of a case, in order to ascertain how far they are agreed, and as preliminary to the formal

An original writ; a writ which gave origin and commencement to a suit.

The name of the short memoranda early used to show grants of lands out of which the deeds now in use have grown. Jacob. Brevia, tam originalia qnam jndicialia, patinntnr Anglica nomina.

In Scotch law. A writ. 1 Kames, Eq. 146.

One person is a brother “of the whole blood” to another, the former being a male, when both are born from the same father and mother. He is a brother “of the

In the ancient Hebrew chronology, the eighth month of the ecclesiastical, and the second of the civil year. It has since been called “Marshevan,” and answers to our October.

In old English law. Inhabitants of a bmgus or borough; burgesses. Fleta, lib. 5, c. 6,

A burroch, dam, or small wear over a river, where traps are laid for the taking of fish. Cowell.

A phrase sometimes used in conveyancing, to introduce the boundaries of lands. See BUTTS AND BOUNDS.

A contract partaking of the nature of the contract of sale, and that of the contract of lease: it is translative of property, and the rent is essentially redeemable. Clark’s Heirs v.

An abbreviation for ‘bonum factum, a good or proper act, deed, or decree; signifies “approved.”

In the language of the stock exchange, this term signifies a consideration paid for delay in the delivery of stock contracted for, when the price is lower for time than for cash.

An emphyteutic lease; a lease for a term of years with a right to prolong indefinitely ; practically equivalent to an alienation.

A large fish, called by Black- stone a “whale.” Of this the king had the head and the queen the tail as a perquisite whenever one was taken on the coast of

1. In old English and civil law. A proclamation; a public notice; the announcement of an intended marriage. Cowell. An excommunication; a curse, publicly pronounced. A proclamation of silence made by a

See CHECK.

A public announcement of an intended marriage, required by the English law to be made In a church or chapel, during service, on three consecutive Sundays before the marriage is celebrated. The

An Inn of chancery. See INNS OF CIIANCEBY.

In English law. An advocate; one who has been called to the bar. A counsellor learned in the law who pleads at the bar of the courts, and who is engaged in