Law Dictionary

The term "bullion" is commonly applied to uncoined gold and silver, in the mass or lump.

A deposit of public money at the mint and its branches. The object of this fund is to enable the mint to make returns of coins to private depositors of bullion without waiting unti

The term “Bull of the Woods Wilderness” means the land designated as wilderness by section 3(4) of the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–328; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note).

A person employed to dun one for a debt; the bailiff employed to arrest a debtor. Black thinks it a vulgar corruption of "bound-bailiff" (q. v.) Hall says that, from the notion of

An English statute (1761) aimed at harbor thieves.

“bumper standard” means a minimum performance standard that substantially reduces— (A) the damage to the front or rear end of a passenger motor vehicle from a low-speed collision (

BONDA, or BONNA. In old English law. A bound, boundary, border, or limit (terminus, limes). Spelman, voc. "Bannum;" "Bonna." 4 Inst. 318; Bracton, fol. 166b; 2 Crabb, Real Prop. 14

The term “bundle” means one or more college textbooks or other supplemental materials that may be packaged together to be sold as course materials for one price.

The term “bundled contract” means a contract that is entered into to meet requirements that are consolidated in a bundling of contract requirements.

The term “bundled contribution” means, with respect to a committee described in paragraph (6) and a person described in paragraph (7), a contribution (subject to the applicable thr

In this subsection, the term "bundled or consolidated contract" has the meaning given in subsection (s). / The term “bundled or consolidated contract” means a bundled con

The term “bundling of contract requirements” means consolidating 2 or more procurement requirements for goods or services previously provided or performed under separate smaller co

A country-house in the East Indies.

A piece of wood, or an empty barrel, or other thing, moored at a particular place, and floating on the water, to show the place where it is shallow, to mark

the term “burden” means time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, or provide information to or for a Federal agency, including the resources e

the duty that rests upon a party of going forward with the evidence at any given stage of the case.

The sufficiency of the price prescribed to produce a fair profit upon the value of the property employed in the business is to be strongly presumed. The burden of showing its confi

whenever the issue of voluntariness is put in issue, the Government must in each case prove voluntary conduct by clear, convincing and unequivocal evidence

And, in cases of this nature, where the libellant seeks the aid of a neutral Court to interpose itself against a belligerent capture, on account of a supposed violation of neutrali

The limits are in substance these, that the state shall have proved enough to make it just for the defendant to be required to repel what has been proved with excuse or explanation

The elementary but crucial difference between burden of proof and scope of review is, of course, a commonplace in the law... the prosecution is generally required to prove the elem

Of course the burden of proving negligence in a strict sense is on the plaintiff throughout, as was recognized and stated later in the charge. The phrase picked out for criticism d

he who would controvert a grant executed by the lawful authority with all the solemnities required by law, takes upon himself the burthen of showing that the officer has transcende

The ruling forces her to choose between following the precepts of her religion and forfeiting benefits, on the one hand, and abandoning one of the precepts of her religion in order

Where the statute regulates even-handedly to effectuate a legitimate local public interest, and its effects on interstate commerce are only incidental, it will be upheld unless the

It is a general principle, that the party who sets up a title must furnish the evidence necessary to support it. If the validity of a deed depends on an act in pais, the party clai

those actions of a state which directly impair the usefulness of its facilities or such traffic

The prohibited burden upon commerce between the states is created by state interference with that commerce, a matter distinct from the expense of doing business. A discrimination a

The term “Bureau” means the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. / the term “Bureau” means the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. / the term “Bureau” means the Bureau of

A government by departments, each under a chief; a word to describe the system used in an invidious sense. Wharton.

The term “Bureau elementary and secondary functions” means— (A) all functions funded at Bureau schools by the Office; (B) all programs— (i) funds for which are appropriated to othe

The term “Bureau-funded school” has the meaning given the term in section 2021 of title 25 . / In this section, the term “Bureau-funded school” has the meaning given such term in s

The term “Bureau investigation” means any inquiry conducted by a Bureau investigator for the purpose of ascertaining whether any person is or has been engaged in any conduct that i

The term “Bureau investigator” means any attorney or investigator employed by the Bureau who is charged with the duty of enforcing or carrying into effect any Federal consumer fina

“Bureau of Indian Affairs” means (i) the Bureau of Indian Affairs and (ii) all other organizational units in the Department of the Interior directly and primarily related to provid

the term “Bureau of Justice Assistance” means the bureau established by section 10141 of this title ; / the term “Bureau of Justice Assistance” means the bureau established by sect

the term “Bureau of Justice Statistics” means the bureau established by section 10132(a) of this title ; / the term “Bureau of Justice Statistics” means the bureau established by s

The term “Bureau school” means a Bureau-operated elementary or secondary day or boarding school or a Bureau-operated dormitory for students attending a school other than a Bureau s

A species of tenure, described by old law 'writers as but tenure In socage, where the king or other person was lord of an ancient borough, in which the tenements were held by a ren

A tenure by which lands in royal boroughs in Scotland were held of the sovereign. The service was watching and warding, and was done by the burgesses within the territory of the bo

In English law. A boroughs, are held of the king, or other lord of the borough, at a certain yearly rent. Glanv. lib. 7, c. 3; Litt. §§ 162, 163; Co. Litt. 108b; 2 Bl. Comm. 82; Bl

burgenses, I. I. In old English law. Inhabitants of a burgus, borough, or walled town; burghers or burgesses.

One who breaks into houses or inclosed places, as distinguished from one who committed robbery in the open country. Spelman, voc. "Burglaria."

A term applied, in the old English law, to a contribution towards the repair of castles or walls of defense, or of a borough.

A term anciently applied to a castle or fortified place; a borough, (q. v.) Spelman.

Lat. In Saxon law. A burg mote, or burgh mote. Spelman. See Burghmote.

In old English law. The inhabitants of a borough.

A word used In Domesday, signifying a breach of the peace in a town. Jacob.

A magistrate of a borough., Blount. An officer who discharges the same duties for a borough that a mayor does for a city. The word is used in this sense in Pennsylvania. An inhabit

bonrgessonrs, Z. /n In old English law. Burglars.

A list of those entitled to new rights under the act of 5 & 6 Wm. IV. c. 74; 3 Steph. Comm. 192 et seq.

Burghbrich, Borghhrech, [Sax. borhbryce, borhbrece; from borh^ a pledge or surety, and bryce, a breach or violation.] In Saxon law. Breach of pledge, (jidejussionis viola tio, pleg

or BURGHBRECHE. A fine imposed on the community of a town for a breach of the peace, etc.

A fine for breach of the peace levied on the borough.

See "Borough English."

Borough English (g. V.) Y. B. P. 1 Edw. III. 38.

Same as Bord-halfpenny.

burghbrlch, borghbrech. In Saxon law. Breach of pledge; violating of the pledge given by every inhabitant of a tithing, to keep the peace; bi-each of the peace, v. Borgbreeh.

Yearly payments to the crown of Scotland, introduced by Malcolm

In Saxon law. A court of justice held twice a year, or oftener, in a burg. All the thanes and free owners above the rank of ceorls were bound to attend without summons. The bishop

Lat. Alderman of a city or berough, from which the modern ottice of alderman has been derived. T, Raym. 435, 437.

One who commits burglary (q. V.)

In pleading. A technical word which must be introduced into an indictment for burglary at common law. No other word at common law will answer the purpose, nor will any circumlocuti

In old criminal pleading. Burglariously.

unlawful or unprivileged entry in- to, or remaining in, a building or structure, with intent to commit a crime," Taylor v. United States, 495 U. S. 575, 599 (emphasis added).

Insurance against loss of property by the depredations of burglars and thieves.

Lat. In old English law. A burglar. Bract, fol. 1 1 6 b, 1 1 7.

In Germany, this is the title of an officer who performs the duties of a mayor.

A borough.

See Lex Burgundionum.

Lat. [Sax. burg, burh, burch, berg, beorg, birg, byryg, burug; from Gr. n^i^yog, a tower.] In old European law. A fortified or enclosed place or dwelling, {locv^ munitus, hxibitacu

A burgess (g. v.)

In this section, the term “burial” includes inurnment.

Burial Ceremony Defined.—In this section, the term “burial ceremony” includes the following: (1) An interment of casketed or cremated remains. (2) A placement of cremated remains i

the term “burial site” means a natural or prepared physical location, whether below, on, or above the surface of the earth, into which, as a part of a death rite or ceremony of a c

To murder by smothering.

or BURKISM. Committing murder in order to sell the body for dissec- BURLAW (BYRLAW, or BIRLAW) courts. In Scotch law. ^ Assemblages of neighbors to elect burlaw men, or those who w

Murder com mitted with the object of selling the cadaver for purposes of dissection, particularly and originally, by suffocating or strangling the victim. So named from William Bur

Murder for the purpose of selling the corpse; murder by suffocating.

(Scotch) An old system of appointment of judges by neighbors.

(Scotch) Courts in which the Burlaw was administered.

BIRLAWS, or BYRLAWS. In Scotch law. Laws made by neighbors elected by common consent in the birlaw courts. Skene de Verb. Sign. Laws made by husbandmen, etc., concerning neighborho

The term "Burmese military"— (A) means the Armed Forces of Burma, including the army, navy, and air force; and (B) includes security services under the control of the Arm

To consume with fire. The verb "to burn," in an indictment for arson, is to be taken in its common mcaning of "to consume with fire." Hester v. State, 17 Ga. 130.

See "Accident;" "Fire."

As used in policies of insurance, this term does not mean any fluid which will burn, but it means a recognized article of commerce, called by that name, and which is a different ar

When a layman was admitted to benefit of the clergy he was burned in the hand, "in the brawn of the left thumb," in order that he might not claim the benefit twice. This practice w

A burroch, dam, or small wear over a river, where fish traps are laid. Cowell.

A term in the Scotch law, used to designate the rents paid into the king's private treasury by the burgesses or inhabitants of a borough.

Aaron Burr’s prosecution for treason against U. S., 1807. See 2 L. Ed. (U. S.) 684.

or BURSE. A purse. Spelman; Bracton. fol. 84; Britt, c. 29.

A treasurer of a college,

The bursery or exchequer of collegiate and conventual bodies; or the place of receiving and paying and accounting by the bursarii, or bursers. A. D. 1277. But the word "bursarii" d

The treasury of a college.

A bourse; a purse.

In an insurance policy, which excepts a loss from the bursting of a boiler, synonymous with explosion, q. v.

A borough; a castle; a manor house.

In English law. The ancient punishment of sodomites, and those who contracted with Jews. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 27, § 3.

A place appropriated for depositing the dead; a cemetery. In Massachusetts, burying grounds cannot be appropriated to roads without the consent to the owners. Gen. St. Mass. 244. B

For purposes of this section, the term “bus” means a vehicle which is designed to transport 30 individuals or more. / “bus” means a motor vehicle with motive power (except a traile