Category: B

Span. A concubine, whom a man keeps alone in his house, unconnected with any other woman. Las Par- tidas, pt. 4, tit 14.

Members of parliament from these ports, viz.: Sandwich, Romney, Hastings, Hythe, and Dover. Win- chelsea and Rye have been added.

In old English law. Low, or inferior knights, by tenure of a base military fee, as distinguished from “barons and bannerets, who were the chief or superior knights. Cowell.

In old English law, a baton, club, or staff. A term applied to officers of the wardens of the prison called the “Fleet,” because of the staff carried by them. Cowell; Spelman;

In English ecclesiastical law. An inferior parish officer, who is chosen by the vestry, and whose business is to attend the vestry, to give notice of its meetings, to execute its orders,

In English law. A crier or messenger of court, who summons men to appear and answer therein. Cowell. An oflicer of the forest, similar to a sheriff’s special bailiff. Cowell. A collector

Lat In public law. War. An armed contest between nations; the state of those who forcibly contend with each other. Jus belli, the law of war.

In early feudal law. A benefice; a permanent stipendiary estate; the same with what was afterwards called a “fief,” “feud,” or “fee.” 3 Steph. Comm. 77, note i; Spelman. In the civil

Those having a philanthropic or charitable purpose, as distinguished from such as are conducted for profit; specifically, “benefit associations” or “beneficial associations.” See BENEFIT.

A method of anthropometry, used chiefly for the identification of criminals and other persons, consisting of the taking and recording of a system of numerous, minute, and uniform measurements of various parts

In the law relating to sales by auction, this term is equivalent to “puffing.” The practice consists in making fictitious bids for the property, under a secret arrangement with the owner or

A word used by Britton in the sense of “collateral.” En line bilinc, in the collateral line. Britt. c. 119.

In a merchant’s accounts, all notes, drafts, checks, etc., payable to him, or of which he is to receive the proceeds at a future date, are called “bills receivable,” and are entered

Pertaining to, or consisting of, two metals used as money at a fixed relative value.

Fictitious names applied to pieces of land, and used as examples in the old books.

In old English law. A corn-monger; meal-man or corn-chandler; a bladier, or engrosser of corn or grain. Blount.

A supposititious code of severe laws for the regulation of religious and personal conduct in the colonies of Connecticut and New Haven; hence any rigid Sunday laws or religious regulations. The assertion

Any touching of the person of another against his will with physical force, in an intentional, hostile, and aggressive manner, or a projecting of such force against his person. People v. Moore,

Goods confiscated or forfeited to the imperial /isv or treasury. 1 Bl. Comm. 299.

A species of security, consisting of a bond conditioned for the repayment of a loan of money, and a mortgage of realty to secure the performance of the stipulations of the bond.