Category: B

A written order from A. to B., directing B. to pay to C. a certain sum of money therein named. Byles, Bills, 1. An open (that is, unsealed) letter addressed by one

The legalized use of two metals in the currency of a country at a fixed relative value.

The statute 9 Geo. I. c. 22, so called because it was occasioned by the outrages committed by persons with their faces blacked or otherwise disguised, who appeared in Epping Forest, near

An ancient tenure of the law of Scotland, the duty payable being trifling, as a penny or a pepper-corn, etc., if required; similar to free and common socage.

A committee of persons organized under authority of law in order to exercise certain authorities, have oversight or control of certain matters, or discharge certain functions of a magisterial, representative, or fiduciary

Any physical or corporeal injury; not necessarily restricted to injury to the trunk or main part of the body as distinguished from the head or limbs. Quirk v. Siegel-Cooper Co., 43 App.

Goods forfeited.

A creditor whose debt is secured by a bond.

A good thing required by necessity is not good beyond the limits of such necessity. Hob. 144.

An old Saxon word, equivalent to “estovers.”

A breach or violation of suretyship, or of mutual fidelity. Jacob.

Customary dues paid to the lord of a manor or soil, for the pitching or standing of booths in fairs or markets.

In French marine law. A compass; the mariner’s compass.

A clamorous or tumultuous quarrel in a public place, to the disturbance of the public peace. In English law, specifically, a noisy quarrel or other uproarious conduct creating a disturbance in a

A payment in bran, which tenants anciently made to feed their lords’ hounds.

Writs. The plural of breve, which see.

An engine by which walls were beaten down. Blount.

The wages, commission, or pay of a broker, (also called “brokerage.”) Also the avocation or business of a broker.

A toil, net, or snare, to take deer. 4 Inst. 306.

(Lat. onus probandi.) In the law of evidence. The necessity or duty of affirmatively proving a fact or facts in dispute on an issue raised between the parties in a cause. Willett