Bank v. Bales, 64 Neb
870, 80 N. W. 945; Fleet v. Youngs, 11 Wend. OF Y.) 622; Schurtz v. Romer, 81 Cal. 244, 22 Pac. 657; Winstead v. Evans (Tex. Civ. App.) 33 8S. W. 580; Coe v. Erb, 59 Ohio St. 259, 52 N. B. 640, 69 Am.
870, 80 N. W. 945; Fleet v. Youngs, 11 Wend. OF Y.) 622; Schurtz v. Romer, 81 Cal. 244, 22 Pac. 657; Winstead v. Evans (Tex. Civ. App.) 33 8S. W. 580; Coe v. Erb, 59 Ohio St. 259, 52 N. B. 640, 69 Am.
622; Murphy v. Mercer County, 57 N. J. Law, 245, 31 Atl. 229. Private corporations are those founded by and composed of private individuals, for private purposes, as distinguished from governmental purposes, and having n...
193, 88 N. W. 471, 56 L. R. A. 944; Belote v. State, 36 Miss. 120, 72 Am. Dec, 163; Hoagland v. Amusement Co., 170 Mo. 335, 70 S. W. 878, 94 Am.
92, 22 N. E. 842. It may include pleading, but is usually employed as excluding both pleading and: evidence and to designate all the incidental acts and gtens in the course of bringing matters pleaded
200, 71 Am. Dec. 66;
71, 59 N. Y. pope, Se: Adams v. Brennan, 72 Miss. 894, 18 uth. 482.—Assessment work... Under the mining laws of the United States, the holder of an unpatented mining claim on the public domain is required, in order to ...
568; Haywood v. Shreve, 44 N. J. Law, 94; Steele. v. Graves, 68 Ala. 21.
5083, 21 8S. B. 55, 44 Am. St. Rep. 182.
87, 70 S. W. 186; Odell v. Clyde, 23 Misc. Rep. 734, 58 N. Y. Supp. 61; Blakiston v. Dudley, 5 Duer (N. Y.) 377.
450, 67 N. E. 896; Shearer v. Ranger, 22 Pick. (Mass.) 447;
434, 77 Pac. 1012. See Trust DrEeD.—Deed poll. In conveyancing. A deed of one part or made by one party only; and originally so called because the edge of the paper or parchment was polled or cut in a straight line, wh...
361, 1 Am. Dec. 88; Lawrence
650, 19 L. Ed. 1008.
542, Pac. 1059; First Nat.
153.—Irregular indorsement. One made by a third person before delivery of the note to the payee; an indorsement in blank by a third perecn above the name of the payee, or when the payee does not-indorse at all. Carter ...
265, 8 Am. Dec. 135.
558, 20 Sup. Ct. 477, 44 L.
894; Corbin v. Black Hawk
440, 27 Am. Rep. 183.
127, 26 Pac. 64, 12 L. R. A. 815.
10 N. J. Law, 345; Barnes v. Arnold, 45 App.
128, 67 N. Y¥. Supp. 300. —Peremptory defense. A defense which insists that the plaintiff never had the right to institute the suit, or that. if he had, the original right is extinguished or determined.
177, 10 Am. Dec. 112; In re
183, 12 N. E. 5; Griswold v. Sawyer, 125 N. Y. 411, 26 N. E. 464; Lasater v. First Nat. Bank (Tex. Civ. App.) 72 8. W. Perso representatives. This term, in its commonly accepted sense, means executors and administrators;...
(Mass.) 26.—Skilled witnesses. Witnesses who are allowed to give evidence on matters of opinion and abstract fact.
581, 6 L. Ed. 166.—Day-time. The time during which there is the light of day, as distinguished from night or night-time. That portion of the twenty-four hours during which & man’s person and countenance are distingui...
155.—Bank-book. A book kept by a customer of a bank, showing the state of his account with: it.—Bank-check. See CHECK.—Bankeredits. Accommodations allowed to a person on security given to a bank, to draw money on i...
13; Bankr. Act 1869, § 55.—Oomptrollers of the hanaper. In Pnglish law. Officers of the court of chancery; their offices were abolished by 5 & 6 Vict. « 103.—State comptroller. A supervising officer of revenue in a...
l BANERUPT. A person who has committed an act of bankruptcy; one who has done some act or suffered some act to be done in consequence of which, under the laws of his country, he is lfable to be proceeded against by his c...
1. The state or condition of one who is a bankrupt; amenability
374, 36 S. E. 826; People v. Schuyler, 4 N. Y. 187.
to the bankrupt laws; the condition of one who has committed an act of bankruptcy, and is liable to be proceeded against by his creditors therefor, or of one, whose circumstances are such that he is entitled, on his volu...
city, town, or monastery, distinguished and protected by peculiar privileges. Spelman.
BANNI, or BANNITUS. In old law, one under a ban, (g. v.;) an outlaw or banished man. ‘Britt. ec. 12, 13; Calvin.
L. Lat. In old English law. The bans of matrimony.
LENDINUM. To summon tenants to serve at the lord’s courts, to bring corn to be ground at his mill.
Lat. In old English law and practice. A bench or seat in the king's hall or palace. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 16, 3 1.
Fr. <A bench; the table or counter of a trader, merchant, or banker. Banque route; a broken bench or counter; bankrupt.
249, 26 S. W. 755; Allen v. McKean, 1 Fed. Cas. 498.
1. A partition or railing running across a court-room, intended to separate the general public from the space occupied by the judges, counsel, jury, and others concerned in the trial of a cause. In the English courts it ...
(or At.). tin’s English Election Cases.
(or Chy.). Barnardiston’s English Chancery Reports.
risters and every member of the public must stand. Solicitors, being officers of the court, are admitted within it; as are also queen's counsel, barristers with patents of precedence, and serjeants, in virtue of their ra...
(N. Y.) 617; Bank v. Lawler, 46 Conn. 2A5. (N. Y.) 67; Runkel v. Winemiller, 4 (N. Y.) 177. (N. Y.) 618. (N. Y.) 667. (N. Y.) 440.—Error in law. An error of the court in applying the law to the case on trial, e. g...
(N. Y.) 45. (N. Y.) 242, 261.
BARBANUS. In old Lombardic law. Aa
L. Fr. (Modern Fr. brebdis.) Sheep. See Millen v. Fawen, Bendloe, 171, ‘home ove petit chien chase barbitts.”
a 76 Fed. 543; Kdwards County v. Jennings (Tex. Civ. App.) 33° S. W. 585.
97, 46 N. W. 315, 9 L. R. A. 152, 20 Am. St. Rep. 547.—Pocket ent. A statute-merchant which was enable at any time after non-payment on the day assigned, without further proceedings. D.
L. Fr. A wrangling suit. Britt. c. 92; Co. Litt. 368d.