Braintree Water Supply Co., 149 Mass
478, 21 N. EB. 761,4 L. R. A. 272, —Spring-branch. In American land law. A
Terms beginning with "B" (423 total)
Brake Co
170 U. 8. 587, 18 Sup. Ct. 707, 4
Branch Steel Co
(C. C.) 48 Fed. 194; Arnold v. Water Co., 18 R. I. 189, 26 Atl. 55, 19 L. R. A. 602; Hayden v. Van Cortlandt, 84
Branch v. State, 41 Tex
625; Harward v. Davenport, 105 Iowa, 592, 75 N. W. 487; -Trauerman v. Lippincott, 39 Mo. App. 488; Everett v. Richmond & D. R. Co., 121 N. C. 319, 27 S. BD. 991; Birmingham Ry. & El. Co. v. Pinckard, 124 Ala. 372, 26 Sou...
Branch, 5 Fla
450; In re Sedgeley Ave., 8%
Brand. Brandenburg’s Reports, vol
21, Opinions Attorneys-General.
Brand. F. Attachm
(or Brand. For Attachm.) Brandon on Foreign Attachment.
BRAND. To stamp; to mark
either with a hot iron or with a stencil plate. Dibble v. Hathaway, 11 Hun (N, Y.) 575.
Brass vy. State, 45 Fla
1, 84 South. 3807; State v. Brittain, 89 N. G 576; People v.
Bray v. Ragsdale, 53 Mo
170. —Pre-emption claimant. One who has settled upon Jand subject to pre-emption, with the intention to acquire title to it, and has complied, or is proceeding to comply, in good faith, with the requirements of the law...
BREACH
yhead and a sharp piece of iron entered the mouth and restrained the tongue. constructive breach of the peace is an unlawful act which, though wanting the elements of actual violence or injury to any person, is yet inco...
BREAKING
fForcibly separating, parting, disintegrating, or piercing any solid substance. In the law as to housebreaking and burglary, it means the tearing away or removal of any part of a house or of the locks, latches, or other ...
Breed, 17 Mass
350; Nicholas v. Nicholas, 100 Va. 660, 42 S. B. 669; Moore v. Freeman, 50 Ohio St. 502, 35 N. EB 502; Appeal of Porter, 94 Pa. 332; Bissell v. Bissell, 120 Iowa, 127, 94 N. W. 465; In re Allen's Estate, 207 Pa. 325, 56 ...
Brehme, 33 Md
424, 3 Am. Rep. 190; Leverick v. Meigs, 1 Cow. (N. Y.) 663; Ruffner v.
BRETTS AND SCOTTS, LAWS OF
THE. <A code or system of laws in use among the Celtic tribes of Scotland down to the beginning of the fourteenth century, and then abolished by Edward I. of England.
BRETTWALDA
offense committed by a bailee (particularly a carrier) in opening or unpacking the chest, parcel, or case containi goods intrusted to his care, and removing the goods and converting them to his own use—Breaking doors. ...
Brev
198. 257; Reg. Orig. 204. 226; Reg. Orig. 2580. . 798, G, 80. 61, BR; Old Nat. Brev. 142. 309, D. 83, C. The same writ lay for one who had already served in the king’s army, or paid a fine instead, against those ...
BREVE
L. Lat. A writ. An original writ. <A writ or precept of the king issuing out of his courts.
BREVE PRZCIPE IN CAPITE SUB
DOLE IMPETRATUR. A writ addressed to the justices of the bench, or in eyre, commanding them not to give one who, under color of entitling the king to land, etc. as holding of him in capite, had deceitfully obtained the w...
BREVIA
Lat. Writs. The plural of breve, which see.
BREVIARIUM ALARICIANUM. A
compilation of Roman law made by order of Alaric II., king of the Visigoths, in Spain, and published for the use of his Roman subjects in the year 506..
BREVIBUS ET ROTULIS LIBERAN
DIS. A writ or mandate to a sheriff to de liver to his successor the county, and appurtenances, with the rolls, briefs, remembrance, and all other things belonging to his office. Reg. Orig. 295. -
Brewst
(Pa.) 314. . (Pa.) 484; Gutch v. Fosdick, 48 N.
Brey
156. 269; 4 Bl. Comm. 46. 4. 220, F, G; 8 Bl. Comm. 199; Litt. § 322; Crabb, Eng. Law, 290, 448. It is the foundation of the modern action of ejectment. 14.
BRhame vy. Lewis, 13 Rich. Eq
(S. C.) 269.— Fraudulent alienee. One who knowingly receives from an administrator assets of the estate under circumstances which make it a fraudulent alienation on the part of the administrator. Id.—Fraudulent conce...
BRIBE
course.—Brevia formata. Certain writs of approved and established form which were granted of course in actions to which they were applicable, and which could not be changed but by consent of the great council of the re...
BRIBERY
whom it is given, in his action, vote, or opinion, in any public or official capacity.
Brick Co
v. Norfolk & O. V. R. Co., 86 Fed. 738, 82 C. O. A. 81; People v. Board of Po- Hee, 75 N. Y. 88; Binance Co v. Charleston, 0. & C. R. Co. (C. C.) 52 Fed. 527; State v.
Bridge Co
v. Dubuque County, 55 Iowa, 565, 8 N. W. 443.
Bridgnorth v. Collins, 15 Sim
541.—Quater cou: Properly, a cousin in the fourth degree; but the term has come to express any remote degree of relationship, and even to bear an ironical signification in which it denotes a very trifling degree of int...
BRIEF
56, 42 Am. Dec. 716; Proprietors of Bridges vy. Land Imp. Co., 13 N. J. Eq. 511; Rusch v. Davenport, 6 Iowa, 455; Whitall v. Gloucester County, 40 N. J. Law, 305. ments and authorities upon which he rests his contention...
Briere, 45 Tex
305 ‘ The.term “moneys” is not of more extensive signification than “money,” and means only cash, and not things in action. Mann v. Mann, 14 Johns. (N. Y.) 1, 7 Am. Dec. 416.
Bright. Purd
(or Brightly’s Purd. Dig.). Brightly’s Edition of Purdon’s Digest of Laws of Pennsylvania.
BRINA
Lat. In the civil law. The son or daughter of a great-uncle or great-aunt, paternal or maternal. Inst. 3, 6, 3.
Brinckle v. Brinckle, 12 Phila
(Pa.) 234. Cohmwredes una persona censentur,
BRINGING MONEY INTO COURT
The act of depositing money in the custody of a court or of its clerk or marshal, for the purpose of satisfying a debt or duty, or to await the result of an interpleader. Dirks v. Juel, 59 Neb. 353, 80 N. W. 1045.
Britain
which are iuclosed within headlands s0 as to be cut off from the open sea by im-
British statutes
(8) The tax or duty imposed
Britt
c. 17. c. &, c. 42; Kelham. disturbers of the c. 22. c. 20. Faugz serement, a false oath. ce. 1, 16.
Bro
(Pa.). ports. 8yn. Brown’s Synopsis of Dec sions, Scotch Court of Session. and Browne.
Bro. Abr
in Eq. Browne's New Abridgment of Cases in Equity.
Bro. CG
0. Brown’s Bnglish Chancery Cases, or Reports.
Broadnax, 3 Ala
557, affirms that if the husband has abjured the state and De ve abroad, the. wife, meanwhile trading as a feme sole, could recover on a note which was given to her as such. We must consider the term ‘abjure,’ as the...
Broas, 23 Barb. .(N
nay 381.—Good will. The custom or patronage of any established trade or business; the benefit or advantage of having established a business and secured its petionage by the public. The advantage or
Brock
411, Fed. Cas. No. 407. 389, 393, Fed. Cas. No. 11,384.—Domieile of succession. This term, as distinguished from a commercial, political, or forensic domicile, means the actual residence of a person within some jurisd...
Brock, 57 Pa
82; Hernischel v. Texas Drug
Brok
14. The building or room used by an association of stock-brokers for meeting for the transaction of their common business.—Stockjobber. A dealer in stock; one who buys and sells stock on his own account on speculation.
BROKER
stated; and, as to the other £500, that B., in consideration thereof, shail pay to A. £100 per annum for seven years. Wharton. may buy and sell in his own name, and he has the goods in his possession ; while a broker,...
Bromley, 12 How
99, 18 L. Ed. 905; State v! School Fund Com’rs, 4 Kan. 268; Fletcher ¥; Oliver, 25 Ark. 206. “Jt also designates the income of an individual or‘private corporation.
Brooks v.* Belfast, 90 Me
318. 38 Atl. —Proprietary trast. In Scotch law, a naked, dry, or passive trust. See supra.—Public trust. One constituted for the benefit either of the public at large or of some considerable portion of it answering a...