The first degree taken at the universities in the arts and sciences, as bachelor of arts, & c. It is called, in Latin, Baccalaureus, from bacalus, or ...
A bond given by one to a surety, to* indemnify such surety in case of loss. In Scotland, a back-bond is an instrument which, in conjunction with anoth...
That water in a stream which, in consequence of some obstruction below, is detained or checked in its course, or reflows.2. Every riparian owner is en...
crim. law practice. Backing a warrant occurs whenever it becomes necessary to execute it out of the jurisdiction of the magistrate who granted it, as ...
estates. In England this term was formerly used in conveyances and even in pleadings, and is still, adhered to with reference to ancient descriptions ...
A mark or sign worn by some persons, or placed upon certain things for the purpose of designation. Some public officers, as watchmen, policemen, and t...
Such articles as are carried by a traveller, luggage. Every thing which a passenger, carries, with him is not baggage. Large sums of money, for exampl...
practice, contracts. By bail is understood sureties, given according to law, to insure the appearance of a party in court. The persons who become sure...
practice, contracts. A specialty by which the defendant and other persons, usually not less than two, though the sheriff may take only one, become bou...
A certificate given by a judge or the clerk of the court, or other person authorized to keep the record, in which it is certified that A B, the bail, ...
One in which the defendant is entitled to be discharged from arrest, only upon giving bail to answer....
Is that process by which an officer is required to arrest a person, and afterwards to take bail for his appearance. A capias ad respondendum is bailab...
contracts. One to whom goods are bailed. 2. His duties are to act in good faith he is bound to use extraordinary diligence in those contracts or bailm...
account render. A bailiff is a person who has, by delivery, the custody and administration of lands or goods for the benefit of the owner or bailor, a...
office. Magistrates who for merly administered justice in the parliaments or courts of France, answering to the English sheriffs as mentioned by Bract...
contracts. This word is derived from the French, bailler, to deliver. 2 Bl. Com. 451, Jones Bailm. 90 Story on Bailm. c. 1, 2. It is a compendious ex...
contracts. He who bails a thing to another.2. The bailor must act with good faith towards the bailee, Storys Bailm. 74, 76, 77, permit him to enjoy t...
The district over which a sheriff has jurisdiction, it signifies also the same as county, the sheriffs bailiwick extending over the county. 2. In Engl...
Scottish law. A poor insolvent debtor left bare....
Scottish, law. Childrens part a third part of the defuncts free movables, debts deducted, if the wife survive, and a half if there be no relict....
com. law. The amount which remains due by one of two persons, who have been dealing together, to the other, after the settlement of their accounts.2. ...
A statement made by merchants and others to show the true state of a particular business. A balance sheet should exhibit all the balances of debits an...
Com. law. The difference between the exports and importations, between two countries. The balance of trade is against that country which has imported ...
A bailiwick or jurisdiction....
Eng. practice. A writ to remove a bailiff out of his office....
mar. law. A toll paid for the privilege, of taking up ballast from the bottom of the port. This arises from the property in the soil. 2 Chit. Com. Law...
government. A diminutive ball, i. e. a little ball used in giving votes, the act itself of giving votes. A little ball or ticket used in voting privat...
civil law. Stealers of the clothes of person who were washing in the public baths. Dig. 47, 17, 4 Bl. Com. 239, Calviui Lex. Jurid....
A proclamation, or public notice any summons or edict by which a thing is forbidden or commanded. Vide Bans of Matrimony, Proclamation, Cowells Interp...
The first of these is a French word signifying bench, pronounced improperly bank. 1. The seat of judgment, as banc le roy, the kings bench banc le com...
A commercial term, adopted from the Italian, used to distinguish bank money from the common currency, as $1000,...
A man outlawed, one who is said to be under ban....
This word was formerly used to signify a malefactor. Bract. 1. 2, t. 8, c. 1....
crim. law. A punishment inflicted upon criminals, by compelling them to quit a city, place, or country, for, a specified period of time, or for life. ...
com. law. 1. A place for the deposit of money. 2. An institution, generally incorporated, authorized to receive deposits of money, to lend money, and ...
,commerce. A book which persons dealing with a bank keep, in which the officers of the bank enter the amount of money deposited by them, and all notes...
contracts. A bank note resembles a common promissory note, (q. v.) issued by a bank or corporation authorized to act as a bank. It is in fact a promis...
The capital of a bank. It is usually divided in shares of a certain amount. This stock is generally transferable on the bools of the bank, and conside...
com. law. A banker is one engaged in the business of receiving other persons money in deposit, to be returned on demand discounting other persons note...
contracts. In England a distinction is made between bank notes, (q. v.) and bankers notes. The latter are promissory notes, and resemble bank notes in...
A person who has done, or suffered some act to be done, which is by law declared an act of bankruptcy, in such case he may be declared a bankrupt.2. I...
The state or condition of a bankrupt.2. Bankrupt laws are an encroacbment upon the common law. The first in England was the stat. 34 and 35 H. VIII., ...
estates. By this term is understood what retains the river in its natural channel, when there is the greatest flow of water.2. The owner of the bank o...
One outlawed or banished. See Calvini Lex....
The giving public notice or making proclamation of a matrimonial contract, and the intended celebration of the marriage of the parties in pursuance of...
actions. A perpetual destruction or temporary taking away of the action of the plaintiff. In ancient authors it is called exceptio peremptorid. Co. Li...
practice. A place in a court where the counsellors and advocates stand to make their addresses to the court and jury, it is so called because formerly...
contracts. An obstacle or opposition. 2. Some bars arise from circumstances, and others from persons. Kindred within the prohibited degree, for exampl...
Eng. law. A fee taken time out of mind by the sheriff for every prisoner who is acquitted. Bac. Ab. Extortion....
An ancient word to signify a watch-tower. Barbicanage was money given for the support of a barbican....
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