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A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

Materially defective, as a bad may mean unchaste.

Bad^e.

A mark, sign or token; an cumstance attending a transaction, instrument which raises or tends v. Adonques. law. A writ which lay whra was seised of lands in fee-simand a stranger entered on that heir of his inheritance. otherwise, v. Ailors.; a circuit, eyre or iter. law. A municipal council; charge of its police and finan- Formerly indorsed on the paper approval. B. K.: Bancus regis, or or Queen's Bench. The inicommonly used. backberynde, sax. Carrying on thing stolen on his back, or, hence, Hand habend; Open theft. condition in which an offender arrested, as being taken with the of trust. warrant: an indorsement by a issued by a justice,of another served where so indorsed; an ingovernment under an extradition staff, rod or wand, anciently used of seisin where there was no or wand, by erecting which on actions, he was anciently warned the return of the original writ. with in the duellum. Baculus stick, v. Baston; Fiat seypleading. As.applied to a woman indication. Badge of fraud: a ciror a clause or provision in an to raise a presumption of fraud Bag^gage. Whatever a traveler takes with him for his personal use or convenience, according to the habits or wants of the class to which he belongs, with reference to either the immediate necessities or the ultimate purpose of the journey: as, money in reasonable amount, jewelry, weapons, tools, etc., in addition to the clothing and other more usual things.