Law Dictionary

I. I In Saxon and old English law. A right or legal due. Bectitndines: rights.

I. and eng. In English ecclesiastical law, the governor of a church; a person having the care ot a parish church; a clerk having full possession of a living and tithes, v. Parson.

In English ecclesiastical law, the o£Bce of a rector; an entire parish church, with all its rights, otherwise commonly called a benefice; a rector's manse, or parsonage house.

I. In old English law. Right; law; a right claimed by a party; a right to land claimed by the writ called a writ of right; an accusation or charge of crime; suspicion of crime.

I. In old English law. Recovery; restitution by judgment of a thing wrongfully taken or detained.

In English law. Persons who refused to attend the service of the Church of England, or to conform to its ceremonies, or to take the oath against papists.

The channel of a stream; the part between the hanks worn by the regular flow of the water. See Howard v. Ingersoll, 13 How. (U. S.) 426, 14 L. Ed. 189. The phrase divorce from bed

AL#. <A witness testifies on “hbebalf” of the party who calls him, notwithstanding his evidence proves to be adverse to that party’s case. 65 Ill, 274, See, further, 12 Q. B. 693;

A divorce from, is one separating the parties without dissolving the marriage.

Z. L- Rendering; yielding; tbe technical name of a clause in a conveyance by which the grantor creates or reserves some new thing to himself. Keddens causain scienti%, I I. In Scot

I. I. Rendering; the formal word by which in old conveyancing a rent was reserved to a grantor. Beddendo inde per annum, tantam, ad certos termlnos tales: rendering therefor so muc

L In old English law. To render; to pay; to give or yield. In the eivil law. To give back; to restore.

LI In old English law. A rental or rent-roll.

reditus, I. I. In old English law. A rent; a payment; a thing rendered, paid or yielded. Bedditns siccus: rent seek; dry or barren rent

In old English law. A judicial confession and acknowledgment that a thing in demand belonged to the demandant, or, at least, not to the person so confessing.

A hospital or almshouse for bedesmen or poor people who prayed for their founders and benefactors; from the Saxon biddan, to pray. Cunningham.

I. I. In old English lato. A ransom or fine.

In English law. A crier or messenger of court, who summons men to appear and answer therein. Cowell. An inferior officer in a parish or liberty. See "Beadle."

The jurisdiction of a bedel, as a bailiwick is the jurisdiction of a bailiff. Co. Litt. 234b; Cowell.

Lat. A beadle. Spelman, A hayward. Towns, PI. 35.

A purchasing of a thing which the purchaser formerly owned. Bedemption, equity of: the defeating of the title of a mortgagee by performance of the condition of the mortgage, or by

I Returning; while returning.

A service binding the tenant to reap the landlord’s corn.

Those which we now call banditti; profligate and excommunicated persons. Cunningham.

2. In the civil law. To have again; to have back; to cause a seller to have what he had befora

Z., Eedliibition. In the civil law. A returning; a returning of a thing bought to the seller; the undoing or annulling of a sale.

In the eivil law. An sfction by the buyer of a thing against the seller, to annul the sale. Bedhibitory defect: a defect in a thing sold, for which the seller may be compelled to t

In Scotch law. A citation published at the market-cross of Edinburgh, and pier and shore of Leith, Used aguinst foreigners not within the king-

I In old English law. To ransom; to punish by a fine; to compel to pay a fine or ransom.

In old English law. A second disseisin of the same tenements, and by the same disseisor; the writ which lay in such case. Beditns, /. A rent; rents. Beditus albi: white rents, or b

In Scots law. To rescind or annul; to declare void judicially.

that portion of its soil which is alternately covered and left bare, as there may be an increase or diminution in the supply of water, and which is adequate to contain it at its av

The sitting of the king in the French parliament.

that portion of its soil which is alternately covered and left bare, as there may be an increase or diminution in the supply of water, and which is adequate to contain it at its av

The ordinary high-water mark has been accepted as the limit of the bed of the stream.

the term “beef” means flesh of cattle;

the term “beef products” means edible products produced in whole or in part from beef, exclusive of milk and products made therefrom;

I. In the civil law. Refusal or rejection of a judex or judge; disapprobation of or objection to a person proposed or assigned as a judge. Becusatio testis: rejection of a witness,

The resuming or retaking of a possession that one has lately foregone, particularly of land.

1. 1. In old English law. To recognize.

1. 1 Tn old English law. qnelam: cause you the plaint to suit or plaint in replevin might be one of the courts at Westminster.

L L In old English law. on a record, in order to prevent any

only beverages containing more than 3.2% alcohol by weight, § 506(3).

In English law. A place where beer is sold to be consumed on the premises; as distinguished from a "beer-shop," which is a place where beer is sold to be consumed off the premises.

The term “beet molasses” means the commercially so-designated “byproduct” of the beet-sugar industry, not used for human consumption or for the extraction of sugar.

The amount which the holder of a bill of exchange protested for non-payment is entitled to receive, with his expenses and interest, from the drawer or indorser, to indemnify him fo

In English law. A second extent on lands or tenemeu ts, on complaint made that the former extent was partially performed.

A bond for the refunding of money paid, if it appears to have been not payable — paid prematurely or exacted without right

I. In the civil and old English law. Repair; reparation; as of a way, etc. Beferantur ad jnsticia Fios n' ros de banco, et ibi terminentur,;. In old English law. They shall be refe

The act of a court in referring a cause.

I. Referring separate words to separate subjects; making a distributive reference of words in an instrument; construing distributively. v. Reddendo, etc.

I In old English law. To refer.

I. I. In old English law. An acquittance or acknowledgment of renouncing all future claim.

retonle, I. fr., Eefullnm, 1 1. In old English law. A flowing out, or back. Befoil de la mere: ebbing of the sea.

Prior to; preceding. In the presence of; under the official purview of; as in a magistrate's Jurat, "before me personally appeared," etc. In the absence of any statutory provision

In practice. Ordinary words in the jurats of affidavits. Held, in a late case in the English Court of Queen's Bench, to be essentisd. 6 Ad. d; El. N. S. 528. See Jurat,

before the trial or hearing of the cause has been in good faith begun.

To form again, to correct or amend, to treat as corrected or amended; in equity, to treat an instrument in which there is an error of fact as though the error did not exist, and so

Any place in which persons voluntarily assemble or are forcibly detained for purposes of instruction and discipline.

To solicit alms or charitable aid. The act of a cripple in passing along the sidewalk and silently holding out his hand and receiving money from passers-by is "begging for alms," w

A land measure used in the East Indies. In Bengal it is equal to about a third part of an acre.

I. I. In old English law. Regularly; strictly; according to rule. Begulariter non valet pactum de re mea non alienanda: regularly an agreement not to alien my property is not valid

I. In English law. Royal rights or prerogatives. Begalla majora: rights or prerogatives that are a part of the king's sov-

One who obtains his livelihood by asking alms. The laws of several of the states punish begging as an offense. Words of solicitation are not necessary, but the solicitation may be

The term “beginning farmer or rancher” means a farmer or rancher who has not actively operated and managed a farm or ranch with a bona fide insurable interest in a crop or livestoc

that time when goods begin their interstate journey by delivery to a carrier or otherwise, thus passing beyond state authority into the domain of federal control.

I.,A rule; a rule of court. Begula generalis: a general rule; a standing rule or order of a court In the civil law. A rule. Regula est quae rem qua) est, breviter enarrat: that is

Born.

I A going back; a going back to a person for indemnity; recoursa

In Indla. A lady, princess, woman of high rank.

As used in this statute the word 'begun' should be given its ordinary and accustomed meaning. To begin is to start; to institute; to initiate; to commence. This suit was begun—with

1. 1. In old English law. Cause you to rehave seisin; a writ which lay where a s Heriflf had delivered seisin under a habere facias seisinam of more land than he ought, commanding

Benefit, support, defence, or advantage.

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

The term &quot;behavioral and mental health intervention team&quot; means a multidisciplinary team of trained individuals who— (A) are trained to identify and assess the behavioral

(i) The term &quot;behavioral and mental health professionals&quot; means health service psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, licensed professional counselors, marriage

The term “behavioral health” means the blending of substance (alcohol, drugs, inhalants, and tobacco) abuse and mental health disorders prevention and treatment for the purpose of

The term “behavioral health aftercare” includes those activities and resources used to support recovery following inpatient, residential, intensive substance abuse, or mental healt

In this section, the term “behavioral health provider” means— (1) a community mental health center that meets the criteria under section 300x–2(c) of this title; or (2) a certified

Manner of holding or keeping one's riage or demeanor. Behavior as heir: v. Oestio

In equity practice, a second hearing of a cause which may be granted upon petition of a party who is dissatisfied with the decree.

(Spanish) Lands in districts and manors in which the inhabitants could select their own lords.—Bouvier Law Dictionary.

Use; profit; advantage.

To answer a replication in an action by some matter of fact

I. Jr. and eng. An answer to a replication in an action of some matter of fact; the defendant's second pleading.

In English law. Rejoining voluntarily, or without being required by rule.

The carrying back of an act or proceeding to some previous time, and giving it operation or validity from such time; a fiction of law indulged for the promotion of justice by which

Having relation; conditional, opposed to absolute. Relative fact: a fact having relation to another fact; a minor fact; a circumstance. Relative riglits: the rights of persons whic

I. In old English law. Relation; reference; a carrying back. Belatio est Actio juris, et inteuta ad unnm: relation is a fiction of law, and intended for or directed to one thing. B

To restore to a former capacity or ability; to reinstate a criminal in the personal rights which he has lost by a judicial sentence.

I. In the civil law. To repair; to restore; to reduce to the original form or stata

I. Crimes; offenses. Delicta puninutnr missi delicti, et non loci nbi de crimlne punished according to the customs of the place mitted, and not of the place where they are

Conviction of the mind, arising not from actual perception or knowledge, but by way of inference, or from evidence received or information derived from others. It differs from "kno

I. In the civil law. The unpaid balance of an account Beli<iuare, I I. In old English exchequer practice, to owe a balance of account

Bilagines. L. Lat. [from Goth, by, a town, and lagen, law.] Municipal laws of the Goths. Jomandes de reb. Get. c. 11. Spelman. See Bilagines, By Laws.

bilagines, I. I Municipal laws of the By-laws.

I. I. To war; to make war. v. An bellare,

In International Law. The status of de facto statehood attributed to a body of insurgents, by which their hostilities are legalized. Before they can be recognized as belligerents t

Actua Uy at war. Applied to nations. Wheat. Int. Law, 380 et seq.; 1 Kent, Comm. 89. The subject of a hostile power. BELLO PARTA CEDUNT REIPUBLIcae. Things acquired in war go to th

A belligerent cruizer who with probable cause seizes a neutral and takes her into port for adjudication, and proceeds regularly, is not a wrong doer. The act is not tortious. The o