Law Dictionary

Bet or wager.—The term "bet or wager"— (A) means the staking or risking by any person of something of value upon the outcome of a contest of others, a sporting event, or

In Scots law. To return a writ or cery from whicli it issued.

I. I In old English law. ebb of the tida

I. In old English law. I withdraw.

retrair, retreir, retrere, I fr. draw.

fr. In old French and Canadian fief by the seignior upon alienation by emption by the seignior upon sale by the

I. In old English latv. To draw

I. I. Withdrew, or has withdrawn by a plaintiff of bis suit, made in open to another proceeding.

retreir, retrelier, I. fr. To draw

I fr. Retreat; the ebbing of water.

A contract to marry.

or BETROTHAL. A contract between a man and a woman that at a future time they will intermarry.

The right which, In a court of equity, a second incumbrancer has who has taken securities against subsequent dealings to his prejudice, which a prior incumbrancer neglected to take

An improvement put upon an estate which enhances Its value more than mere repairs. The term ls also applied to denote the additional value which an estate acquires in consequence o

Statutes which provide that a bona fide occupant of real estate making lasting improvements in good faith shall have a lien upon the estate recovered by the real owner to the exten

Improvements made to an eetate. It signifies such improvements as have been made to the estate which render it better than mere repairs. 11 Me. 482; 23 Me. 110; 24 Me. 192; 18 Ohio

The act of making a wager; a species of gambling. A bet or wager is ordinarily an agreement between two or more that a sum of money or some valuable thing, in contributing happenin

among," In at least sixteen of the cases cited, supra, "between" was used in referring to more than two legatees without indicating a division into classes.' And see *119 cases cit

I. I. In civil and feudal held a benefice; a feudatory.

Ballivia, I. A sheriff's jurisdiction; or a liberty exempted therefrom; a county. Bailment A delivery of goods by one person to another for a purpose or trust; the contract resulti

This term is properly used to distinguish a sale of liquors to be drunk for the pleasure of drinking, from liquors to be drunk in obedience to a physician's advice. Com. v. Mandevl

1. I. In old English law. The returning of land to the donor.

A person entitled to a reversion.

/. fr. and eng. The reverting of lands to a donor, his heirs or assigns.

Z. In old English law. To return.

bill of. In equity, a bill filed to revive and continue proceedings in a suit abated by the death or marriage of one of the original parties.

In French law. The withdrawal of a cause from the cognizance of an inferior court, and bringing it before another court or judge. In some respects this process resembles the proces

To call back, to recall, to annul an act by calling or taking it back, — the voluntary act of a party in matters within his discretion.

O. Eng. Expended. Before the Britons and Saxons had introduced the general use of money, they traded chiefly by exchange of wares. Wharton.

In English law. The title of a viceroy, governor general, ambassador, or commander in chief. In America. The title is sometimes given to the chief executive of a state or of the na

From or out of loan. <A term applied in the old law of England to a right of action arising out ofa loan, (commodatium.) Glanv. lib. 10, ¢. 13; 1 tveve, ng. Law, 166. EX COMPARATIO

I fr. and eng. That which returns, or is returned; annual ' profit received from lands or other property; the income of a state, or of the government. Bevenne laws: laws made for t

See Sea. BI. The Latin prefix, put for dui, twice, or from bis, twice, two.

Out of the kingdom of England; out of the state; out of the United States. -In England. By St. 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 27, no island under the English dominion, and lying adjacent to the

On this question, the court are unanimously of opinion, that to give a sensible construction to that act, the words 'beyond seas' must be held to be equivalent to 'without the limi

Out of the British Isles.

The words, 'beyond the seas,' in this law, are manifestly borrowed from the English statute of limitation of James I. ch. 21; and it has always been held, that they ought not to be

Bonum factum. A good deed; a valid decree.

The ranning of a prescribed period of time to itsend; expiration hy lapse oftime. Particularly applied to the termination of a lease by the expiration of the term for which it was

The term “BHC” means a bank holding company (within the meaning of section 2(a) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956).

In Scotch law. The privilege of competency. A privilege which the grantor of agratuitous obligation was entitled to, by which he might retain sufficient for his subsistence, if, be

Nearest or next heirs. The children or descendants of the deceased.

Amaleof the human species who has been ecustrated. See Domat, liv. prcl, tit. 2, § 1, n. 10.

The term &quot;BIA&quot; means the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Blllog, Graecobarb. A bill. Spelman, voc. Billa, Meursius doubts if this be not a corruption of the Gr. pl^log, a book. But Spelman makes it to be a word framed from the Sax. bille

petitioner was entitled to show by cross examination that his testimony was affected by fear or favor growing out of his detention. Even if the witness were charged with some other

For purposes of this part, the term “biasply tire” means a pneumatic tire on which the ply cords that extend to the beads are laid at alternate angles substantially less than 90 de

A term applied by Jeremy Bentham to the division of a legislative body into two chambers, as in the United States government.

A two-wheeled vehicle propelled by the rider. To ride a bicycle in the ordinary manner on a public highway for convenience, pleasure, or business is lawful. A person driving a hors

The term “bicycle transportation facility” means a new or improved lane, path, or shoulder for use by bicyclists and a traffic control device, shelter, or parking facility for bicy

In this section, the term “bid” means an offer to furnish a competitively biddable drug or biological for a particular price and time period. / In this section, the term “bid” mean

An offer of a price, offer by way of competition materials to be- furnished; offer of a higher price for court having jurisdiction, offers to be entertained. law. A manor, or part

or BIDALL. An invitation of friends to drink ale at the house of some poor man, who thereby hopes charitable contribution for his relief. Something like this seems to be what we ca

An invitation of friends to drink ale at the house of some poor man, who hopes thereby to be relieved by charitable contribution. It is something like "house-warming," i. e., a vis

The term “bid bond” means a bond conditioned upon the bidder on a contract entering into the contract, if he receives the award thereof, and furnishing the prescribed payment bond

One who offers to purchase an article offered for sale at a public auction BIELBRIEF (Ger.) In European Maritime Law. A document furnished by the builder of a vessel, containing a

Every bidding at an auction is nothing more than an offer on one side until it has received the assent of the auctioneer as the agent of the owner.

Offers of a designated price for goods or other property put up for sale at auction.

Property sold at auction is said to be "bid in" by the owner or an incumbrancer or some one else who is interested in it, when he attends the sale and makes the successful bid.

The term &quot;bidirectional integrated care&quot; means the integration of behavioral health care and specialty physical health care, and the integration of primary and physical h

One is said to "bid off" a thing when he bids for it at an auction sale, and it is knocked down to him in immediate succession to the bid and as a consequence of it. Ep-pes v. Rail

A particular and detailed written description of a ship, furnished by the builder.

Well; lawfully.

Sp. In Spanish law. Goods; property of every description, including real as well as personal property; nil things (not being persons) which may serve for the uses of man. Larkin v.

A species of community in property enjoyed by husband and wife, the property being divisible equally between them on the dissolution of the marriage; does not include what they hel

Those things which, as to property, pertain to the people or nation, and, as to their use, to the individuals of the territory or district, such as rivers, shores, ports, and publi

In a statute this term signifies not duration of time, but a period for the happening of an event; People v. Tremain, 9 Hun (N. Y.) 573. In most of the states legislative sessions

A period of two years.

The French word 'biens' has a wider significance than the English word 'goods' (used by the American translator) and embraces real property

In old English law. After-county, i. e. after the end of the county court, — a time and place appointed by the sheriff for the receipt of the king's money.

Common property ; those things which, nut being the private property of any person, are open to the use of all, such as the air, rain, water, the sea and its beaches. Lux v. Haggin

or BIGATA. A cart or chariot drawn with two horses, coupled side by side; but it is said to be properly a cart with two wheels sometimes drawn by one horsfe, and in the ancient rec

In civil law. One who had been twice married, whether both wives were alive at the same time or not; one who had married a widow. Especially used in ecclesiastical matters as a rea

Lat. [from bis, twice, and Gr. gamos, marriage.] Bigamy. See Bigamy.

(Roman Law) A bigamist.

At Common Law. The willfully contracting a second marriage when the contracting party knows that the first is still subsisting. The state of a man who has two ^ives, or of a woman

A cart or chariot drawn with two horses, coupled side to side; but it is said to be properly a cart with two wheels, sometimes drawn by one horse; and in the ancient recerds it is

Eights which concern and are annexed to the person. Bights of things: rights which may be acquired over external objects or things unconnected with the person.

Fr. Eldest; eldest-born. The term is of common occurrence in the old books. Thus, bastard eigne means an illegitimate son whose parents afterwards marry and have a second son for l

An obstinate person or one that is wedded to an opinion, in matters of religion, etc.

6 A concise statement; an epitome; an abridgment. Sometimes used in a verbal sense, to reduce to the form of a brief, etc. See State, 1. Brief of title. An abstract of the deeds, j

By-laws; ordinance.

By-laws; ordinances.

bilagse, /. By-laws; laws of towns.

A book in which bankers, merchants, and traders write a statement of all they owe and all that is due to them. A balance sheet. 3 Mart. (La.; N. S.) 446. The term is used in Louisi

In English law. An obsolete writ addressed to a corporation for the carrying of weights to such a haven, there to weigh the wool anciently licensed for transportation. Reg. Orig. 2

In English law. A writ addressed to a corporation for the carrjang of weights to such a haven, there to weigh the wool that persons, by our ancient laws, were licensed to transport

bilancia, I I In old English law. A balance. Bilancise: scales for weighing, v. De bilanciis, etc.

Two-sided. Bilateral contract: a contract in which there are two promises, one the consideration of the other.

arbitration in an individual capacity between precisely two parties," a rule prohibiting representative-capacity waivers cannot invalidate agreements to arbitrate on a "bilateral"

A contract in which both the contracting parties are bound to fulfill obligations reciprocally towards each other. Lee. Elm. § 781. See "Contract."

The term &quot;bilateral procedures&quot; means any procedures established by, or pursuant to, a bilateral arrangement, including a Memorandum of Understanding between the United S

The term &quot;bilateral procedures country&quot; means a country with which the United States has entered into bilateral procedures, including Memoranda of Understanding, with res

In Scotch practice. <A bill by which the judgment of un inferior court is appealed from, or brought under review of a superior. Bell.

A bill of items rendered by @ creditor to his debtor; an “account rendered,” as distinguished from “an account stated.” gum at a stated time, without any condition. When under seal

The state of a ship in which water is freely admitted through holes and breaches made in the planks of the bottom, occasioned by injuries, whether the ship's timbers are broken or

Collateral.

Using two languages. A term formerly applied to juries half of one nation and half of another. Plowd. 2. BILL 'Lat. billa). A formal written statement, account, or declaration. The

paper emitted by a bank, there will be found a most marked adherence to the distinction between an obligation and a bill, as appears in the clause of the original charter of the Ba

SUPPLEMENTAL. See Supplemental Bill. BILL TO CARRY A DECREE INTO EX-