Category: B

A malefactor. Bract. 1. 1, t. 8. c. 1

An outlaw; a man banned, or put under a ban; a brigand or robber. Banditti, a band of robbers

In old Scotch law. A proclamation calling out a military force

I tab See Banc. A seat or bench of Justice; also, ln commerce, a word of Italian origin signifying a hank

In old Eng

Beuch; the seat of judgment; tlie place where a court permanently or reg-ularly sits

In Canadian law. The right by virtue of which a lord subjects his vassals to grind at his mill, bake at his oven, etc. Used also of the region within which this right applied. Guyot, Repert. Unlv

In Canadian and old French law. Pertaining to a ban or privileged place; having qualities or privileges derived from a ban. Thus, a banal mill is one to which the lord may require his tenant to carry his grain to be ground

In the Roman law. Those who stole the clothes of bathers in the public baths. 4 Bl. Comm. 239

Fr. In medical jurisprudence. A test for pregnancy by palpation with the finger inserted in the vagina to the mouth of the uterus. The tip of the finger being quickly jerked upward, the

A case made of wood for receiving ballots

An ancient writ to remove a bailiff from his ofiice for want of sufficient lnnd in the bailiwick. Reg. orig. 78

A toll pald for the privilege of taking up ballast from the bottom of a port or harbor

In marine Insurance. There is considerable analogy between ballast and dunnage. The former ls used for trlmming-the ship, and bringing it down to a draft of water proper and safe for sailing. Dunnage-is placed under the cargo to keep lt from be-ing wetted by water getting into the hold, or between the different parcels to […]

L. Lat In old English law. A baillwick, or jurisdiction

In the civil law. A teacher; one who has the care of youth; a tutor; a guardian* Du Cange; Spelman

Fr. In French marine law. A buoy

A pack or certaln quantity of goods or merchandise, wrapped or packed up in cloth and corded round very tightly, mark-ed and numbered with figures corresponding to those in the bills of lading for the purpose of identification. wharton

In Spanish law. waste land; land that is neither arable nor pasture. White New Recop. b. 2, tit. 1, c. 6, 8 4, and note. Unappropriated public domain, not set apart for the support of municipalities. Sheldon v. Milmo, 90 Tex. 1, 36 S. W. 415

Small galleries of wood or stone on the outside of houses. The erec-tlon of them is regulated in London by the building acts

or BALDAKINIFEB

The amount remaining due from one person to another on a settlement of the accounts lnvolvlng their mutual deal-lngs; the dlfference between the two sides (debit and credit) of an account

In English law. Procuring them to be worried by dogs. Pun-ishable on summary convlctlon, under 12 & 13 Vict c. 92, {3

In old Scotch law. A poor Insolvent debtor, left bare and naked, who was obliged to swear in court that he was not worth more than five shillings and five-pence

The party who bails or deliv-ers goods to another, in the contract of ball-ment. McGee v. French, 49 S. C. 454, 27 S. E. 487

A delivery of goods or per-sonal property, by one person to another, in trust for the execution of a special object upon or in relation to such goods, beneficial either to the bailor or bailee or both, and upon a contract, express or implied, to perform the trust and carry out snch object, and thereupon […]

‘ In Canadian law. The unpaid vendor* of real estate

The territorial jurisdic-tlon of a sheriff or bailiff. 1 Bl. Comm. 344. Greenup v. Bacon. 1 T. B. Mon. (Ky.) 108

In old Uw. A bailiff’s jn-

In a general sense, a person to whom some authority, care, guardianship, or jurisdiction is delivered, committed, or intrusted; one who is deputed or ap-pointed to take charge of another’s affairs; an overseer or superintendent; a keeper, protector, or guardian; a steward. Si>el-man

In the Scotch law. A bailie is (1) a magistrate having inferior criminal jurisdiction, similar to that of an alderman, (q. v.;) (2) an officer appointed to confer in

Capable of being hailed; admitting of bail; authorizing or requiring bail. A bailable action is one in which the defendant cannot be released from arrest except on furnishing bail. Bailable process is sncb as requires the officer to take bail, after arresting the defendant. A bailable offense is one for which the prisoner may be […]

Fr. In French and Canadian law. A lease of lands

A chest or coffer. Fleta

In the law of carriers. This terra comprises such articles of per-sonal convenience or necessity as are usual-ly carried by passengers for their iiersonal use, and not merchandise or other valu-ables, although carried ln the trunks of passengers, which are not designed for any such

ln English law. A bag or purse. Thus there is the petty-bag-ofTice in the com-mou-law jurisdiction of the court of chau-cery, because all original writs relating to the business of the crown were formerly kept iu a little sack or bag, in parvd bagd. 1 Madd. Ch. 4

ln old English law. one who made a practice of buying corn or vict-uals in one place, and carrying them to another to sell and make profit by them

A term used rel-atively to the law of fraudulent convey-ances made to hinder and defraud creditors, it is defiued as a fact tending to throw sus-picion upon a transaction, and calling for au explanation. Bump. Fraud. Conv. 31; Gould v. Sanders, 69 Mich. 5, 37 N. W. 37; Bryant v. Kelton, 1 Tex. 420; Goshoru […]

A mark or cognizance worn to show the relation of the wearer to auy per-son or thing; the token of anything; a dls-tinctlve mark of office or service

A rod, stafT, or wand, used In old English practice in making livery of seisin where no building stood on tbe land, (Bract. 40;) a stick or wand, by the erection of which on the land involved ln a real ac-tion the defendant was summoned to put in his appearance; this was called “baeulus nuntiatoi’ius.” […]

In the language of the stock exchange, this term signifies a consideration paid for delay ln the delivery of stock contracted for, when the price is lower for time than for cash. Dos Passoe, Stock-Brok. 270

In English law. A term formerly used in conveyances and also in pleading; it imports a yard at the back part of or behind a house, and belonging thereto

See Back

Indorsement; indorsement by a magistrate

In Scotch law. A deed attaching a qualification or condition to the terms of a conveyance or other instrument. This deed is nsed when particular circum-stnnces render lt necessary to express ln a separate form the limitations or quallfica-tions of a right. Bell. The instrument is equivalent to a declaration of trust iu Eug-lish conveyancing

Sax. Bearing upon the back or about the person. Applied to a thief taken with the stolen property in his Immediate possession. Bract. 1, 3, tr. 2, c. 32. Used with handhabend, having in the hand

In forest law. Carrying on the back, one of the cases in which an offender against vert and venison might be arrested, as being taken with the maiuour, or manner, or found carrying a deer off on this back. Manwood; Cowell

The holder of the first or lowest degree conferred by a college or uni-versity, e. g., a bachelor of arts, bachelor of law, etc

In old records. Com-monalty or yeomanry, in contradistinction to baronage