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  • 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.

  • beefdefined inU.S. Code

    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.

  • begundefined inCase Law

    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 "behavioral and mental health intervention team" means a multidisciplinary team of trained individuals who— (A) are trained to identify and assess the behavioral

  • (i) The term "behavioral and mental health professionals" 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

  • In international law. A term used to designate either of two nations which are actually in a state of war with each other, as well as their allies actively co-operating; as disting

  • Engl. law. When a party neglects to appear upon a subpena, or an attachment in the chancery, a writ bearing this name issues, and if he does not surrender himself by the day assign

  • Things acquired In war belong or go to the state. 1 Kent, Comm. 101; 5 C. Rob. Adm. 173, 181; The Joseph, 1 Gall. 558, Fed. Cas. No. 7,533. The right to all captures vests primaril

  • Spoils of war go to the state.

  • The term “Bell operating company”— (A) means any of the following companies: Bell Telephone Company of Nevada, Illinois Bell Telephone Company, Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Inco

  • War.

  • I. In the civil law. A re-letting. Belocatio tacita: a tacit or implied re-letting, as in case of holding over after expiration of the term.

  • To appertain to; to be the property of. Property "belonging" to a person has two general meanings: (1) ownership; (2) the absolute right of user. A road may be said with perfect pr

  • As applied to inhabitancy may relating to paupers, legal settlement, not mere

  • Inferior; preliminary. The court below is the court from which a cause has been removed. See "Bail."

  • In practice. Inferior; of inferior jurisdiction, or jurisdiction in the first instance, The court from which a canse ia removed for review is called the “court below.” Preliminary;

  • direct' or 'fully distributed' cost or some other level of cost computation cannot be decided in the abstract.

  • The term “below-market loan” means any loan if— (A) in the case of a demand loan, interest is payable on the loan at a rate less than the applicable Federal rate, or (B) in the cas

  • Redress, relief, remedy; reparation. Ubi jus, itai remedium. Where there is a right, there is a remedy. For every legal right the law provides a remedy.* See Damnum, Absque, etc.

  • I. In old English law. To send back, relinquish; to remise or release; to remand on habeas corpus.

  • 2. He releases damages; an entry on the record remitting an excess of damages awarded by the verdict.

  • L Is sent back or remitted; a sending back of a record, as from a superior to an inferior court for entry of judgment, a new trial or further proceedings; a relinquishment of damag

  • The distant cause; the indirect cause; the intermediate cause.

  • emergit actio, I The impediment being removed, the action arises.

  • I. Removed; remote, v. Id quod, etc.

  • To change in place or position; to change residence or domicil; lawfully to deprive of ofl Sce; to transfer a cause from a state to a federal court

  • 2. /r. Reasonable. Benables estovers: reasonable estovers.

  • A tribunal for the administraguished from counsellors and advocates, who are called the "bar." The term, indicating originally the seat of the judges, came to denote the body of ju