Category: B

To the rear; backward; in a reverse direction. Also, in arrear.

A term used relatively to the law of fraudulent conveyances made to hinder and defraud creditors. It is defined as a fact tending to throw suspicion upon a transaction, and calling for

In old law. A bailiff’s jurisdiction, a bailiwick; the same as Vailium. Spelman. See” BAII.I WICK. In old English law. A liberty, or exclusive jurisdiction, which was exempted from the sheriff of

In French marine law. A buoy.

Lat In old English law and practice. A bench or seat in the king’s hall or palace. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 16,

A French and Canadian law term, having the same meaning as banleuea, (q. v.)

In old Lombardlc law. An uncle, (patruus.)

In England, a quantity of land amounting to 15 acres. In Ireland, a subdivision of a county.

See ANIMAL.

In old English law. Battel; the trial by combat or duellum.

To support, sustain, or carry; to give rise to”, or to produce, something else as an incident or auxiliary.

A service which certain tenants were anciently bound to perform, as to reap their landlord’s corn at harvest Said by Whishaw to be still in existence in some parts of England. Blount;

A seat of judgment or tribunal for the administration of justice; the seat occupied by judges in courts; also the court itself, as the “King’s Bench,” or the aggregate of the judges

In Scotch law. The privilege of competency. A privilege which the grantor of a gratuitous obligation was entitled to, by which he might retain sufficient for his subsistence, if, before fulfilling the

Liberal Interpretations are to be made of deeds, so that the purpose may rather stand than fall; and every grant is to be taken most strongly against the grantor. Wallis v. Wallis,

Lat In the Roman law. A division of the as, or pound, consisting of eight uncial, or duodecimal parts, and amounting to two-thirds of the as. 2 Bl. Comm. 462, note m.

In Spanish law. Goods; property of every description, including real as well as personal property; all things (not being persons) which may serve for the uses of man. Larkin v. U. S.,

A formal declaration, complaint, or statement of particular things in writing. As a legal term, this word has many meanings and applications, the more important of which are enumerated below. 1. A

In constitutional law. A bill or promissory note issued by the government of a state or nation, upon its faith and credit, designed to circulate in the community as money, and redeemable

To obligate; to bring or place under definite duties or legal obligations, particularly by a bond or covenant; to affect one in a constraining or compulsory manner with a contract or a