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BONA PERITURA
Perishable goods.
2. An executor, administrator, or trustee, is bound to use due diligence
in disposing of perishable goods, such as fattened... more
BONA VACANTIA
Goods to which no one claims a property, as, shipwrecks,
treasure trove, &c., vacant goods.
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BONA WAVIATA
Goods waived or thrown away by a thief, in his
flight, for fear of being apprehended.
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BOND
contract. An obligation or bond is a deed whereby the obligor,
obliges himself, his heirs, executors and administrators, to pay a certain
sum of money to another... more
BOND TENANT
Eng. law. Copyholders and customary tenants are
sometimes so
called. Calth. on Copyh. 51, 54.
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BONDAGE
Slavery.
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BONIS NON AMOVENDIS
The name of a writ addressed to the sheriff,
when a
writ of error has been brought, commanding that the person against whom
judgment has been obtained,... more
BONO ET MALO
The name of a special writ of jail delivery, which
formerly
issued of course for each particular prisoner. 4 Bl. Com. 270.
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BONUS
contrads. A premium paid to a grantor or vendor, as, e. g. the
bank paid a bonus to the state for its charter. A consideration given... more
BOOK
A general name given to every literary composition which is
printed, but appropriately to a printed composition bound in a volume.
2.... more
BOOK-LAND
English law. Land, also called charter-land, which was
held by
deed under certain rents and fee services, and differed in nothing from
free socage land. 2 Bl. Com.... more
BOOKS
commerce, accounts. Merchants, traders, and other persons,
who are
desirous of understanding their affairs, and of explaining them when
necessary, keep, 1. a day book, 2. a journal,... more
BOOTY
war. The capture of personal property by a public enemy on land,
in contradistinction to prize, which is a capture of such property by such
an enemy,... more
BOROUGH
An incorporated town, so called in the charter. It is
less than
a city. 1 Mann. & Gran. 1, 39 E. C. L. R. 323.
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BOROUGH ENGLISH
English law. This, as the name imports, relates
exclusively to the English law.
2. It is a custom, in many ancient boroughs, by... more
BORROWER
contracts. He to whom a thing is lent at his request.
2. The contract of loan confers rights, and imposes duties on... more
BOSCAGE
Eng. law. That food which wood and trees yield to cattle.
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BOTE
contracts A recompense, satisfaction, amends, profit or advantage
: hence came the word man-bote, denoting a compensation for a man slain,
house-bote, cart-bote, plough-bote, signify that a... more
BOTELESS
or bootless. Without recompense, reward or satisfaction made
unprofitable or without success.
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BOTTOMRY
maritime law. A contract, in nature of a mortgage of a
ship, on
which the owner borrows money to enable him to fit out the ship, or... more
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