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An officially published notice or announcement concerning the progress of matters of public importance. In France, the registry of the laws

In eccleslastlcal law. An lnstru-ment granted by the pope of Rome, and sealed with a seal of lead, containing some decree, commandment, or other public act, emanating from the pontiff. Bull, in this sense, corresponds with edict or letters pat-ent from other governments. Cowell; 4 Bl. Comm. 110; 4 Steph. Comm. 177, 179

Unbroken packages. Merchandise which ls neither counted, weighed, nor measured

An association in which the subscriptions of the members

The statutory lien of a material-man or contractor for the erection of a building. Lumber Co. v. Holt, 60 Neb. 80, 82 N. W. 112, 83 Am. St. Rep. 512; June v. Doke, 35 Tex. Clv. App. 240, 80 S. W. 406

An organization created for the pur-pose of accumulating a fund by the monthly subscriptions and savings of its members to assist them in bailding or purchasing for themselves dwellings or real estate by the loan to them of the requisite money from the funds of the association. McCauley v. Association, 97 Tenn. 421, 37 S. […]

A structure or edifice erected by the hand of man, composed of natural materials, as stone or wood, and Intended for use or convenience. Truesdell v. Gray, 13 Gray (Mass.) 311; State v. Moore, 61 Mo. 276; Clark v. State, 69 wis. 203, 33 N. W. 436, 2 Am. St. Rep. 732

A name given in England to the statement annually presented to parliament by the chancellor of the exchequer, con-talning the estimates of the national revenue and expenditure

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

An office or place (oth-er than a regularly incorporated or licensed

An empty noise; an empty threat

In old Swedish law. The child of a woman conceiving after a rape, which was made legitimate. Literally, the chlld of a struggle. Burrill

In medical jurisprudence. A contusion; an injury upou the flesh of a per-son with a bluut or heavy instrument, with-out solution of coutinulty, or without break-ing the skin. Shadock v. Road Co., 79 Mich. 7, 44 N. W. 158; State v. owen, 5 N. C. 452, 4 Am. Dec. 571

In old English law. A wood or grove; a thicket or clump of trees in a park or forest Cowell

See Brigbote

In old English law. A heath ground; ground where heath grows. Spelman

A bawdy-house; a house of ill fame; a common habitation of prostitutes

The wages or commissions of a broker; also, his business or occu-patlon

In maritime law. That space in a ship which is not filled by her cargo

In old English law. A wood, a thicket or covert of bushes and brushwood. Cowell; Blount

In old Eng-lish nnd Scotch law. A broker; a middleman between buyer nnd seller; the agent of both transacting parties. Bell; Cowell

In French maritime law. Liter-ally, breaking; wreck. Distinguished from naufraye, (q. v

The act of depositing money in the custody of a court or of its clerk or marshal, for the purpose of satisfying a debt or duty, or to await the result of an lnterpleader. Dirks v. Juel, 59 Neb. 353, 80 N. W. 1045.

A coat of mall or an-dent armour, consisting of numerous Jolnted scale-like plates, very pliant and easy for the body, mentioned ln 4 A 5 P. 4 M. c. 2

In old European law. Strife, contention, litigation, controversy

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

In general. A written docu-ment; a letter; a writing in the form of a letter. A summary, abstract, or epitome. A condensed statement of some larger document, or of a series of papers, facts, or prop-ositions

Persons chosen by the citizens, to have the care and suiter-vision of bridges, and haviug certain fees aud profits belonging to their ofiice, as in the case of London Bridge

A structure erected over a river, creek, stream, ditch, ravine, or other place, to facilitate the passage thereof; in-cluding by the term both arches and abnt-ments. Bridge Co. v. Railroad Co., 17 Conn

An engine by which walls were beaten down. Blount

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In criminal law. The re-ceiving or offering any undue reward by or to any person whomsoever, whose ordinary profession or business relates to the admin* istration of public justice, in order to influ-euce hls behavior in office, and to incline him to act contrary to his duty and the known rules of honesty and integrity. […]

Any valuable thing given or promised, or any preferment, advantage, privilege, or emolument, given or promised corruptly and against the law, as an induce-ment to any person acting in an official or public capacity to violate or forbear from his duty, or to improperly influence his behavior in the performance of such duty

A writ or mandate to a sheriff to de-liver to his successor the county, and ap-purtenances, with the rolls, briefs, remem-brance, and all other things belonging to his office. Reg. orig. 295

A brief; brief statement, epltome, or abstract. A short statement of contents, accompanying a bill in parliament Holthouse.

Another name for the Brevarium Alarlclanum, (q. v.) Anian was the referendery or chancellor of Alaric, and was commanded hy the latter to authen-ticate, by hls signature, the copies of the brevlary sent to the comites. Mackeld. Rom. Law, $ 68

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Lat. writs. The plural of breve, whlch see

In military law. A corn-mission by which an oflicer is promoted to the next higher rank, but without confer-ring a right to a corresponding increase of pay

L. Lat. A writ An original writ. A writ or precept of the king issuing out of hls courts

In Saxon law. The ruler of the Saxon heptarchy

A code or system of laws in use among the Celtic tribes of Scotland down to the beginning of the fourteenth century, and then abolished by Edward I. of England

This word, in a will, may Include sisters, as well as brothers, of the person indicated; it is not necessarily limited to the masculine gender. Terry v. Brunson, 1 Rich. Eq. (S. C.) 78

In the civil law. Persons appolnted to take care of houses destined to receive foundlings

A payment In bran, which tenants anciently mnde to feed their-lords* hounds

In old Irish law. A judge. 1 Bl. Comm. 100. Brehons, (breitkeamhuin,) judges

In Saxon and old English law. A fine, penalty, or amercement im-posed for defaults in the assise of bread. Cowell

In medical jurisprudence. The air expelled from the lungs at each ex-piration

Laws providing for the sustenance of persons kept in prison for debt

The breaking or violating of a law, right, or duty, either by commission or omission