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Search Results for "B" BACHELOR The first degree taken at the universities in the arts and sciences, as bachelor of arts, & c. It is called, in Latin, Baccalaureus, from bacalus,... more BACK-BOND A bond given by one to a surety, to* indemnify such surety in case of loss. In Scotland, a back-bond is an instrument which, in conjunction with... more BACK-WATER That water in a stream which, in consequence of some obstruction below, is detained or checked in its course, or reflows. 2.... more BACKING crim. law practice. Backing a warrant occurs whenever it becomes necessary to execute it out of the jurisdiction of the magistrate who granted it, as when an offender... more BACKSIDE estates. In England this term was formerly used in conveyances and even in pleadings, and is still, adhered to with reference to ancient descriptions in deeds, in continuing... more BADGE A mark or sign worn by some persons, or placed upon certain things for the purpose of designation. Some public officers, as watchmen, policemen, and the like,... more BAGGAGE Such articles as are carried by a traveller, luggage. Every thing which a passenger, carries, with him is not baggage. Large sums of money, for example,... more BAIL practice, contracts. By bail is understood sureties, given according to law, to insure the appearance of a party in court. The persons who become surety are called... more BAIL BOND practice, contracts. A specialty by which the defendant and other persons, usually not less than two, though the sheriff may take only one, become bound to the... more BAIL PIECE A certificate given by a judge or the clerk of the court, or other person authorized to keep the record, in which it is certified that... more BAILABLE ACTION One in which the defendant is entitled to be discharged from arrest, only upon giving bail to answer. ... more BAILABLE PROCESS Is that process by which an officer is required to arrest a person, and afterwards to take bail for his appearance. A capias ad respondendum is... more BAILEE contracts. One to whom goods are bailed. 2. His duties are to act in good faith he is bound to use extraordinary diligence... more BAILIFF account render. A bailiff is a person who has, by delivery, the custody and administration of lands or goods for the benefit of the owner or bailor, and... more BAILIFF office. Magistrates who for merly administered justice in the parliaments or courts of France, answering to the English sheriffs as mentioned by Bracton. There are still bailiffs... more BAILMENT contracts. This word is derived from the French, bailler, to deliver. 2 Bl. Com. 451, Jones Bailm. 90 Story on Bailm. c. 1, 2. It is... more BAILOR contracts. He who bails a thing to another. 2. The bailor must act with good faith towards the bailee, Storys Bailm. 74, 76,... more BAILIWICK The district over which a sheriff has jurisdiction, it signifies also the same as county, the sheriffs bailiwick extending over the county. 2.... more BAIR-MAN Scottish law. A poor insolvent debtor left bare. ... more BAIRNS PART Scottish, law. Childrens part a third part of the defuncts free movables, debts deducted, if the wife survive, and a half if there be no relict. ... more |