A Dictionary of Law

Property captured from the enemy in war, on land, as distinguished from “prize,” which is a capture of such property on the sea.

An old Saxon word, signifying a eottage; a house; a table.

A cottage.

or BORDIMANNI. In old English law. Tenants of a less servile condition than the villant, who had a bord or cottage, with a small parce! of land, al lowed to them, on condition they

In Saxen law. A breach or violation of suretyship; pledge breach, or breach of mutual fidelity.

In French law. A note enumerating the purchases and sales which may have been made by a broker or stockbroker. This name is also given to the statement given to a banker with bills

A process granted by a Judge ordinary, on either side of the border between England and Scotland, for arresting the person or effects of a person living on the opposite side, until

<A_ customary small toll paid to the lord of a town for setting up boards, tables, booths, ete., in fairs or markets.

The demesnes which the lords keep in their hands for the maintenance of their board or table. Cowell. Also lands held in bordage. Lands which the lord gave to tenants on condition

A service anciently required of tenants to carry timber out of the woods of the lord to his house; or it is said to be the quantity of food or provision which the bordavit or bordm

Country people; derived from the French bowrre, ( Lat, jloccus,) a lock of wool, because they covered their heads with such stuff, Blount.

In Saxon law. A pledge, pledge giver, or surety. The name given among the Saxons to the head of each family composing a tithing or decennary, each being the pledge for the good con

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

In Saxonlaw. The name given to the head of each family composing a tithing.

Inold 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, and to warrant the same to him. Skene.

In English law. A town, a walled town. Co. Litt. 108b. A town of note or importance; a fortified town. Cowell. An ancient town. Litt. 164. A corporate town that is not a city. Cowe

A custom prevalent in some parts of England, by which the youngest son inherits the estate in preference to his older brothers. 1 Bl. Comm. 75.

‘In English law. The revenues of a municipal borough derived from the rents and produceof the land, houses, and stocks belonging to the borough in its corporate capacity, and suppl

Borough-holders, bors-holders, or burs-holders.

Courts oflimited criminal jurisdiction, established in English boroughs under the municipal corporations act.

This word is often used in the sense of returning the thing borrowed im specie, ag to borrow a book or any other thing tobe returned again. Butitis evident that where money is borr

Inold Scotch law. A pledge.

One te whom money or other property is loaned at his request.

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

In English law. The food which wood and trees yield to cattle; browsewood, mast, etc. Spelman. An ancient duty of wind-fallen wood in the forest, Manwood.

A privilege granted to the offcers of a forest to take to their own use thorns, brush, and windfalls, within their precincts. Kenn. Par. Antig. 209.

Wood; growing wood of any kind, large or small, timber or coppice. Cowell; Jacob.

In old English law. A recompense or compensation, or profit or advantage. Also reparation or amends for any damage done. Necessaries for the maintenance and carrying on of husbandr

In old English law. Without amends; without the privilege of making Satisfaction for a crime by a pecuniary payment; without relief or remedy. Cowell.

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

or BOOTHAGE. Ousfomary dues paid to the lord of a manor or soil, for the pitching or standing of booths in fairs or markets.

or BUTHNA. Inold Scotch law. A park where cattle are inclosed and fed. Bothna also signifies a barony, lordship, etc. Skene,

Inmaritimelaw. <A contract 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 for a definite term, and ple

The instrument embodying the contract or agreement of bottomry. The true definition of a bottomry bond, in the sense of the general maritime law, and independent of the peculiar re

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

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

When a broker is employed to buy and sell goods, he is accustomed to give to the buyer a note of the sale, commoniy called a “sold note,” and to the seller a like note, commonly ca

The word "boulevard," which originally indicated a bulwark or rampart, and was afterwards applied to a public walk or road on the site of a demolished fortification, is now employe

As an adjective, denotes the condition of being constrained by the obligations of a bond or a covenant. In the law of shipping, “bound to” or “bound for” denotes that the vessel sp

By boundary is understood, in general, every separation, natural or artificial, which marks the contines or line of division of two contizuous estates. ‘Trees or hedges may be plan

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

A tree marking or staniling at the corner of a field or estate.

In the English law of mines, the trespass committed by a person who excavates minerals under-ground beyond tha boundary of his land is called “ working out of bounds.”

A gratuity, or an unusual or additional benefit conferred upon, or comto enlist into the public service. Theterm] is applicable only to the payment made to the enlisted man, as the

Portions of the public domain given to soldiers for military services, by way of bounty.

A / nime given to a royal charter, which was contirmed by 2 Anne, c. 11, whereby all the revenue of first-fruits and tenths was vested in trustees, to form a perpetual fnnd for the

In old French law. An assemblage of houses surrounded with walls; properly a fortified town or village. In old English law. A borough, a village.

Inold French law. The inhabitant of a bowrg, (g. v.) A person entitled tothe privileges of a municipal corporation; a burgess.

Fr. An exchange; a stockexchange.

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A purchaser for a valuable consideration paid or parted with in the belief that the vendor hud a right to sell, and without any suspicious circumstances to put him on inquiry. 12 B

A letter; a charter; an instrument in writing for conveyance of lands or assurance of contracts. Calvin; Spelmoan. EPISTOLAs. In the clvil law. Reseripts; opinions given by the emp

Aninstrument formerly used in some parts of England for the correction of scolds; a scolding bridle. It inclosed the head and a sharp piece of iron entered the Tavuth and restraine

A maltster, a brewer.

The unlawful or unwarrantable entry on another person’s suil, land, or close. 3 Bi. Comm. 209,

Thenonperformance of any covenant agreed to be performed, or the doing of any act covenanted-not to be done. Holthouse.

In a general sense, any Violation or omission of a legal or ner the duties of an office or fiduciary employment.

The breaking any pound or place where cattle or goods distrained are deposited, in order to take them back. 3 Bl. Comm. 146.

The offense of actually and forcibly breaking a prison or gaol, with intent to escape. 4 Chit. BI. 180, notes; 4 Steph. Comm. 255. The escape from custody of a person lawfully arre

An act or default in violation of the privilege of either house of parliament, of congress, or of a state legislature.

Violation of a promise; chielly used as an elliptical expression for “breach of promise of marriage.”

4 violation of the public tranquillity and order. The offense of breaking or disturbing the pubiic peace by any riotous, forcible, or unlawful proceeding. 4 BI. Comm. 142, et seq.;

<Any act done by a trustee contrary to the terms of his trust, or in excess of his authority and to the detriment of thetrust; or the wrongful omission by a trustee of any act requ

Laws providing for the

Theexpression by the judges of a court, to one another, of their views of a cuse, in order to ascertain how far they are agreed, and as preliminary to the formal delivery of their

Forcibly removing the fastenings of a house, so that a person may enter.

The act of a prise oner in effecting his escape from a place of lawful confinement, Zseape, while denoting the offense of the prisoner in unlawfully leaving the jail, may also conn

In Scotch law, The contempt of the law committed by an arrestee who disregards the arrestment used in his hands, and pays the sum or delivers the goods arrested to the debtor, The

A metaphorical expression, signifying the conscience, discretion, or recollection of the judge. During the term of a court, the record is said fo remain “in the breast of the judge

In medical jurisprudence. The air expelled from the lungs at each expixalion. In Saxon and old posed for defaults in the assise of bread. Cowell.

The Brehon or overthrown by King John. See; Law,

<A payment in bran, which tenants anciently made to feed their lords’ hounds.

In the civil law. Persons appointed to take care of houses des tined to receive foundlings.

This word, in a will, may include sisters, as well as brothers, of tha person indicated; it is not necessarily limited to the masculine gender. 1 Rich. Hq. 78.

The name given to the ancient system of law of Ireland as it existed at thetime of its conquest by Henry U.; and derived from the title of the judges, who were denominated “Brehons

In Saxon law. Tho ruler of the Saxon heptarehy,

And have you then there this writ. The formal words directing the return ofa writ. he literal translation is retained in the modern form of a considerable number of writs. ca

A writ of right, or license for a person ejected out of an estale, to sue for the possession of it.

A _ writ making only a general complaint, without the details or particulars of the cause of action. Breve ita dicitur, quia rem da qua agitur, et intentionem petentis, paucis verb

Lat. Awrit. Anoriginal writ. A writ or precept of the king issuing out of his courts. A writ by which a person is summoned or attached to answer an action, complaint, ete., or wher

A named writ. <A writ stating the circumstances or details of the cause of action, with the time, place, and demand, very particularly.

An _ original writ; a writ which gave origin and commencement to a suit.

To purchase a writ or license of trial, in the king’s courts. by the plaintiff, qué breve perquisivit.

In military law. A commission by which an officer is promoted to the next higher rank, but without conferring a right to a corresponding increase of pay. In French law. A privilege

A written memorandum introduced to perpetuate the tenor of the conveyance and investiture of lands. 2 Bl. Comm. 307. In Scotch law. <A similar memorandum made out at the time of th

Lat. Writs. The plural of breve, which sce.

Adversary writs; writs brought by an adversary to recover land. 6 Coke, 67.

Amicable or friendly writs; writs brought by agreement or consent of the parties.

At common law. Anticipating or preventive writs. Six were included in this category, viz.: Writ of mesne; warrantia chartae; monstraverunt; audita querela; curia claudenda; and ne

Certain writs of approved and established form which were granted of course in actions te which they were applicable, and which could not be changed but by consent of the vreat cou

Judicial writs. Auxiliary writs issued from the court during the progress of an action, or in aid of the judgment.

Writs occasionally issued by the masters or clerks of chancery, the form of which was varied to suit the circumstances of each case. Bract. fol. 4156.

A compilation of Roman law made by order of Alarie II., king of the Visigoths, in Spain, and published for the use of his Roman subjects in the year 506,

Another name for the Brevarium Alaricianum, (q. v.) Anian was the referendery or chancellor of Alaric, and was commanded by the latter to authenticate, by his signature, the copies

A brief; brief statement, epitome, or abstract. A short statement of contents, accompanying a bill in parliament. Holthouse. BREVIBUS ET ROTULIS LYBER-

A breach made by the use of force.

A covenant that there are no incumbrances upon the land cunveyed.

Any valuable thing given or promised, or any preferment, advantage, privilege, or emolument, given or proiised corruptly and against the law, as an inducetment to any person acting

In criminal law. The receiving or offering any undue reward by or to any person whomsoever, whose ordinary profession or business relates to the administration of public justice, i