Backside
Defined in 8 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A yard at the back part of or behind a house, and belonging thereto. The term was formerly much used both in conveyances and in pleading, but is now of infrequent occurrence, except in conveyances which repeat an ancient description. Chit. Prac. 177; 2 Ld. Raym. 1399. BACULUS (Lat.)
In old English practice. A staff, rod, or wand, anciently used in the ceremony of making livery of seisin, where there was no building on the land. Fiat seysina per fustim et per baculum, seisin should be made by rod and staff. Bracton, fol. 40; Fleta, lib. 3, c. 15, § 5. Baculus nuntiatorius, a warning or summoning stick. A white stick or wand, by erecting which on the grounds_ of a defendant in real actions he was anciently warned or summoned to appear in court at the return of the original writ. 8 Bl. Comm. 379. A baton, such as combatants fought with in the duellum. Frangitur eorum baculus, their baton is broken. A term anciently applied to persons convicted of a felony on their own confession, signifying that they could not bring an appeal against any one. Bracton, fol. 152. See Fleta, lib. 1, c. 38, § 16; 2 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 43. See "Baston."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A yard at the back part of or behind a house, and belonging thereto. The term was formerly much used both in conveyances and in pleading, but is now of infrequent occurrence except in conveyances which repeat an ancient description. Chitty, Pr. 177.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
A yard at the back of a house.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
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.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
A yard be Mnd a house.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
estates. In England _ this term was formerly used in conveyances and even in pleadings, and is still adhered to with reference to ancient descriptions in deeds, in continuing the transfer of the same property; it imports a yard at the back part of, or behind a house, and belonging thereto; but although formerly used in pleadings, it is now unusual to adopt it, and the word yard is preferred. 1 Chitty’s Pr. 177; 2 Ld. Raym. 1399.