Behavior

Manner of having, holding, or keeping one's self; carriage of one's self, with respect to propriety, morals, and the requirements of law. Surety to be of good behavior is a larger requrement than surety to keep the peace. Dalton, c.

122; 4 Burns, Just. 355; 240 111. 564.

A "breach of good behavior," for which an official can be removed, is not confined BEHETRIA (Arabic, without nobility or lordship). In Spanish law. Lands situated in districts and manors in which the inhabitants had the right to select their own lords. Behe Priae were of two kinds: Behetrias de entre parientes, when the choice was restricted to a relation of the deceased lord, and behetrias de mar a TTtar, when the choice was unrestricted. The lord, when elected, enjoyed various privileges, called yantor, conduoho, martiniego, marzadga, infurcion, etc. These contributions were intended for his maintenance, the construction of his dwelling, the support of his family and his followers, etc. Escriche, Die. Raz.; Sempere y Guarinos, Vinculos y Mayarazgos, p.

67, note.

See, also, on this subject, Fuero Viejo de Castilla, bk.

1, tit. 8; Las Partidas, tit. 25, p.

4; El Ordenamiento de Acala in different laws in title 32.

See, likewise, book 6, tit. 1, of the Novisima Recopilacion.

BEHOFF (Saxon). Use; service; profit; advantage. It occurs in conveyances.