Category: B

A clamorous or tumultuous quarrel in a public place, to the disturbance of the public peace

Malt

A maltster, a brewer

An instrument formerly used io some parts of England for the correction of scolds; a scolding bridle. It inclosed the

An ancient mode of pun-ishment by inflicting a mark on au offender with a hot iron. Tt is generally disused in civil law, but Is a recognized punishment for some military offenses

To stamp; to mark, either with a hot iron or with a stencil plate. Dibble v. Hathaway, 11 Hun (X. Y.) 575

An offshoot, lateral exten-sion, or subdivision

N, BRAHMAN, or BRAMIN

A brewing; the whole quantity of ale brewed at one time, for which tolsestor w as paid in some manors. Brecina, a brew-house

An arm of the

In Spanish law. An advo-cate; one who pleads the causes of others, or his own, before courts of justice, either as plaintiff or defendant

A conspiracy formed and in-tended directly or indirectly to prevent the carrying on of any lawful business, or to injure the business of any one by wrongfully preventing those who would be customers from buying anything from or employing the representatives of said business, by threats, intimidation, or other forcible means. Gray v. Building Trades […]

Manufacturers of bows and shafts. An ancient company of the city of London

An under-officer of the forest, whose duty lt was to oversee and true inquisition make, as well of sworn men as unsworn, in every bailiwick of the forest; and of all manner of trespasses done, either to vert or venison, and cause them to be pre-sented, without any concealment, in the next court of attachment, […]

As much land as one ox can cultivate. Sald by some to be thirteen, by others eighteen, acres in extent Skene; Spelman; Co. Litt 5a

Dutch. In old New York law. A farmer

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

In the

Fr. Au exchange; a stock-exchange

In old French law. The Inhabitant of a bourg, (q. v

In old Frenob law. An assemblage of houses surrounded with walls; a fortified town or village

A gratuity, or an unusual or additional benefit conferred upon, or com-pensatlon paid to, a class of persons. Iowa v. McFarland, 110 U. S. 471, 4 Sup. Ct. 210, 28 L. Ed. 198

In American law. Visible marks or objects at the ends of the lines drawn in surveys of land, showing the cours-es and distances. Burrill

A tree marking or standing at the ‘corner of a field or estate

By boundary is under-stood, in general, every separatlon, natural or artificial, whlch marks the confines or line of division of two contiguous estates. Trees or hedges may he planted, ditches may be dug, walls or inclosures may be erected, to serve as boundaries. But we most usually understand by boundaries stones or pieces of wood […]

In English law. Sheriffs* officers are so called, from thelr being usually bound to the sheriff in an obligation with sureties, for the due execution of thelr office. 1 Bl. Comm. 345, 346

In feudal law. A symbol which gave seisin of land, to hold of the donor in capite

T, or BUDGE OF OOUBT. A certain allowance of provision from the klng to his knights and servants, who attended him on any military expedition

Fr. The mouth. An allowance of provision. Avoir bouche d court; to have an allowance at court; to be in ordinary at court; to have meat and drink scot-free there. Blount; Cowell

The instrument embodying the contract or agreement of bot-tomry

In maritime law. A con-tract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship borrows money for the use, equipment, or repair of the vessel, and

L. Fr. Bottomry

or BUTHNA. In old Scotch law. A park where cattle are inclosed and fed. Bothna also signifies a barony, lord-ship, etc. Skene

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

In old English law. A booth, stall, or tent to stand in, in fairs or markets. Cowell

In old English, law. with-out amends; without the privilege of making satisfaction for a crime by a pecuniary payment ; without relief or remedy. Cowell

In .old Engllsh law. A recom-*pense or compensation, or profit or advan-tage. Also reparation or amends for any damage done. Necessaries for the mainte-nance and carrying on of husbandry. An allowance; the ancient name for estovers

wood; growlng wood of any kind, large or small, timber or coppice. Cow-ell ; Jacob

wood-houses, or ox-houses

In English law. The food whlch wood and trees yield to cattle; browse-wood, mast, etc. Spelman

In Saxon law. The borough’s ealder, or headborough, supposed to be in the discreetest man in the borough, town, or tithing

In old Scotch law. A pledge

In old Scotch law. A pledge or surety given by the seller of goods to the buyer, to make the goods forthcoming as his own proper goods, aud to warrant the same to him. Skene

In Saxon law. Tbe name given to the head of each family corn-posing a tithing

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

In Saxon law. A pledge, pledge giver, or surety. The name glven among the Saxons to the head of each family com-posing a tithing or decennary, each being the pledge for the good conduct of the others. Also the contract or engagement of suretyship; and the pledge given

Country people; deriv-ed from the French bourre, (Lat. floccus.) a lock of wool, because they covered thelr heads with such stuff. Blount

A tenure of bord-lands

A servlce anciently requir-ed of tenants to carry timber out of the woods of the lord to his house; or it ls said to he the quantity of food or provision which the bordarii or bordmen paid for their bord-lands. Jacob

The demesnes which the lords keep ln their hands for the mainte-nance of their board or table. Cowell