Terms beginning with "B" (423 total)

Burrill, Pr

202. So, on conviction of a felon, immediate restitution of such of the goods stolen as are brought into court will be ordered to be made to the several prosecutors. 4. Steph. Comm: 434...

BUSHEL

BURLAWS. In Scotch law. Laws made by neighbors elected by common consent in the burlaw courts. Skene. —Burlaw courts. Courts consisting of neighbors selected by common consent to act as

BYE-BIL-WUFFA

or town. But of late the tendency isto employ the word “ordinance” exclusively for this class of enactments, reserving “by-law” for the rules adopted by private corporations.