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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

In equity pleading. A bill which relates to some matter not bsfore litigated in the court by the same persons standing in the same interests.

Mitf. Eq. Pi. 33; Long-worth v. Sturges, 4 Ohio St. 690; Christmas v. Russell, 14 Wall. 69 , 20 L. Ed. 762.

In old practice. The ancient mode of commencing actions in the English court of king's bench.

See Bill.