Law Dictionary

Libaral interpretations are to be made of deeds, so that the purpose may rather stand than fall; and every grant is to be token most strongly against the grantor. Wallis v. Wallis,

Liberal construction should be given to a deed, so that it may stand rather than fall. A grant should be construed most strongly against the grantor. See 4 Mass. 134.

Constructions [of written instruments] are to be made liberally, on account of the simplicity of the laity, [or common people,] in order that the thing [or subject-matter] may rath

On account of the ignorance of laymen, liberal construction should be given, so that affairs may stand rather than fall; and words ought to serve according to intention, and not ot

Laws are to be more liberally interpreted, in order that their intent may be preserved. Dig. 13, 18.

IN VERBiS general Ibus seu dubiis, est preferanda. The more favorable construction is to be placed on general or doubtful expressions. 4 Coke, 15; Dig. 50. 17. 192. 1; 2 Kent, Comm

4 Coke, 15. The more favorable construction is to ba placed on general or doubtfni expressions.

A more liberal meaning of general or doubtful words is preferable.

Laws should be construed more liberally that their intent may be preserved.

I In dvil and gent; liberal; benign; nignior: more favorabla alibns sen dnbiis est general or doubtful words terpretandse sunt quo be more liberally interpreted served.

Lat. Kind, favorable, liberal, benign; as opposed to strict, harsh or narrow. Ez benigna interpretations; by a liberal interpretation. Bract, fol. 95. Benignior; more favorable. Be

In English law. A roll on which the rents of a manor are registered or set down, and by which the bailiff collects the sama

A service which certain tenants were anciently bound to perform, as to reap their landlord's corn at harvest. Said by Whishaw to be still in existence in some parts of England. Blo

To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speechijand dogmatic assertions; to bear down by impudence: as, to browbeat a witness.' Compare Badger. See Exam

replevisable. That may be replevied, or taken back on pledge.

I. Money refused [the refusal of money tendered] releases him who pays [or tenders it].

To give personal property by will to another. 13 Barb. (N. Y.) 106. The word may be construed "devise," so as to pass real estata 36 Me. 216; 119 Mass. 525.

the provision of the act that exempts bequests assumes the gift of a corpus and contrasts it with the income arising from it, but was not intended to exempt income property socalle

It is said by the chancellor of Maryland, 2 Bland’s Chancery Rep. 314, that the bequest of freedom to a slave is a specific legacy, and undoubtedly this is its true legal character

A bequest in the form of a direction to pay at a future period vests in interest immediately if the payment be postponed for the convenience of the estate or to let in some other i

A sheep fold; a tan house or heath house, where barks or rinds of trees are laid to tan. Domesday Book; Co. Litt 66.

A shepherd.

Bereavement Counseling Defined.—For purposes of this section, the term “bereavement counseling” means such counseling services, for a limited period, as the Secretary determines to

A manor; a town.

To turn back; to act in an opposite direction; to undo, annul, set aside or vacate on the ground of error, as to reverse a judgment

To vest again, as a seisin acquired a second time by the person out of whom it has been devested.

BEREWICHA, BEREWICHus, berewita, or berwita (Law Lat.) In old English law. A manor, or rather a part of a manor, separated from the main body; a smaller manor, belonging to a large

In old English law. A term used in Domesday for a village or hamlet belonging to some town or manor.

Same as Barton.

In Seotch law. A gift or present mace or left by a tenant to his lord a3 a token of reverencs. Skene.

A plain; a field; a manor.

as a constitutional matter, that the subject of the surveillance be named if known, Congress would hardly have read those cases as requiring the naming of all parties likely to be

barmaster, mine; a bailiff, or chief in addition to his other

An officer having charge of a mine. A baillff or chief officer among the Derbyshire miners, who, in addition to his other duties, executes the office of coroner among them. Blount;

or BERGMOTH. In old English law. A court for deciding controversies among the Derbyshire miners. Blount; Cowell.

or BERGHMOTE. The ancient name of the court now called “barmote,” (gq. v.)

The ancient name of the court now called "bar-mote," (q. v.)

Lat. [Sax. berg, berig, beorg, burg.] In old law. A city, town, burg or borough. Berg, Sax. is properly a mountain. Spelman.

Same as Barmote.

A plain; a field.

Persons chosen by the citizens, to have the care and supervision of bridges, and having certain fees and profits belonging to their office, as in the case of London Bridge.

A viewing again; revisement; reconsideration; re-examination for the purpose of correction. Eeview, bill of: in equity, a bill, in the nature of a writ of error, filed to procure a

The term “Berlin crisis” means the period beginning on August 14, 1961, and ending on May 30, 1963.

A test used by neurologists consisting in the application of a test tube containing hot water, a test tube containing cold water, a piece of metal which feels cold when applied to

The side opposite the tow path of a canal.

In Saxon law. Burning; the crime of house burning, now called "arson." Cowell; Blount. BERRA (Law Lat.) In old law. A plain; open heath. Cowell; Spelman.

where the Executive Branch, charged as it is with primary responsibility for the conduct of foreign affairs, expressly represents to the Court that application of the act of state

Lat. In old English law. A sheepfold. Domesday. Spelman, voc. Barcarium. A tan house. Co. Litt. 5 b.

A plain, open heath.—Cowell.

A villa or seat of habitation of a nobleman; a dwelling or mansion house; a sanctuary.

birdinsek, which exempted from stole only so much food sack.

A method of anthropometry, used chiefly for the Identification of criminals and other persons, consisting of the inking and recording of a system of numerous, minute, and uniform m

A large farm; the barnyard of a large farm. BES (Lat.; pi. b esses). In the Roman law. A division of the as, or pound, consisting of eight unciae, or duodecimal parts, and amountin

/. I In old English lage appurtenant to a

Lat. In old English law. A manor, or part of a manor; a village appurtenant to a manor. Cowell. Spelman, voc. Berewica.

Same as Barton.

The term “beryllium vendor” means any of the following: (A) Atomics International. (B) Brush Wellman, Incorporated, and its predecessor, Brush Beryllium Company. (C) General Atomic

Lat. In the Roman law. A division of the as or pound, consisting of eight unciæ or duodecimal parts, and amounting to two-thirds of the as. 2 BL Comm. 462, note m. Two-thirds of an

Besayle, etc.,/r. A great-grandfather. A writ like Aiel, brought on the seisin of a great-grandfather; v. Aiel.

BESAYLE. The great-grandfather, proavus. 1 Bla. Com. 180.

The great-grandfather, proavus. 1 Bl. Comm. 186.

BESAYEL, BESAILE, or BEsaiel (Law Fr). In old English law. A great-grandfather. 1 Bl. Comm, 186. A writ (law Lat. brev. de proavo) which lay where a great-grandfather died seised o

In old English law. A writ which lay where a greatgrandfather died seised of lands and tenements in fee-simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated, or entered and kept o

A writ by which a great-grandchild secured his right to his ancestor’s property; a great-grandfather.

2 Cutting off; abrogating, canceling, annulling, nullifying, vacating, avoiding. Bescind. To annul a thing done; to vacate, set aside. Eescissory.3 Designed to abrogate, annul, av.

/. fr. and eng. A forcible taking back of goods distrained, or in the custody of the law; the forcible delivery of a defendant, or other party arrested, from the officer who is car

I In the civil law. Rescripts.

I. I. In old English and Scots law. Residence; a severe or long-continued illness, confining a person to his house.

See Like; Quasi; Similitude. RESERVATIOIf; RESERVE.* Reserve: to keep or hold back, withhold, as one thing or right out of another — the subject-matter; also, the thing withheld. R

In addition to; moreover. In provisions in a will for children "besides" an eldest son, no children take unless there be a son; 4 Dr. & War. 235. is to he delirious, sill or insane

the Court of Chancery and certain statutory powers. In modem six superior courts of equity, over which cery proper, just mentioned, had appellate (16.) Court of the Master of the

L I In old English law. A re-summons; a second summons, of one who did not appear on the first

A second summons; the summons of a person a second time to answer an action, where the firat summons is defeated, as by the death of a party, or the like.

to avoid pregnancy from their physician, plaintiff in No. 61, because if he gave it he would commit a crime.

The term “best available controls” means the degree of emissions reduction that the Administrator determines, on the basis of technological and economic feasibility, health, enviro

The term “best available control technology” means an emission limitation based on the maximum degree of reduction of each pollutant subject to regulation under this chapter emitte

the term “best available science” means science that— (A) maximizes the quality, objectivity, and integrity of information, including statistical information; (B) uses peer-reviewe

The term “best available technology economically achievable” means— (i) best available technology economically achievable (within the meaning of section 1311(b)(2)(A) of this title

The term “best conventional pollutant control technology” means— (i) best conventional pollutant control technology (within the meaning of section 1311(b)(2)(E) of this title ); (i

Beasts; cattle.

The best evidence ol which the nature of the case admits, not the highest or strongest evidence which the nature of the thing to be proved admits of; e. g., a copy of a deed is not

The rule of evidence does not require the strongest possible evidence of the matter in dispute, but only that no evidence shall be given which, from the nature of the transaction,

The rules of evidence are adopted for practical purposes in the administration of justice; and although it is laid down in the books, as a general rule, that the best evidence the

Beasts; cattle.

Carnal connection between a human being and a beast. 10 Ind. 356. See "Buggery."

The term "best in class" has the meaning given such term by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

The term "best management practice" means a schedule of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce

The term “best practicable control technology currently available” means— (i) best practicable control technology currently available (within the meaning of section 1311(b)(1)(A) o

The term “best price” means, with respect to a single source drug or innovator multiple source drug of a manufacturer (including the lowest price available to any entity for any su

We are of opinion that a better subsisting adverse title in a third person, is no defence in a writ of right. That writ brings into controversy only the mere rights of the parties

The term “best value” means, with respect to an acquisition, the optimal combination of cost, quality, technical capability or solution quality, and delivery schedule.

An agreement that some valuable thing or sum of money, in contributing which all the parties take part, shall become the property of some one or more of them on the happening of so

The terms “VHS format”, “8mm format”, “Beta format”, “automatic gain control copy control technology”, “colorstripe copy control technology”, “four-line version of the colorstripe

2. 2. In old English laiv. holding.

The calling back by the grantor or actor of a thing granted • or act done, thereby annulling it or putting an end to its legal effect

In Scots law. An taken under a brieve of succession, by a person as heir is established.

returnare, I. I. In old English return in execution of a writ; to return, •returnable. Retornari facias: you cause nasti: you returned. Retornaverit: shall

I. I. In old English law. Return

/, L For return to be had ment in replevin for return of, the property

Return, q. v. Betorno habendo. For return had; to have a return. A judgment awarding a defendant in replevin the possession and property of the goods or articles; a judgment de ret