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In Louisiana. A marine term used to denote a bottom of sand, stone, or rock mixed together and rising towards the surface […]

Any unlawful beating, or other wrongful physical violence or con-stralnt, inflicted on a human being without his consent 2 Bish. Crim. Law, […]

In old English law. A form of trlal anciently used In mlli-tary cases, arising in the court of chlvalry and honor, in […]

Trial by combat; wager of battel Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The chief of the French bar in its various centres, who presides in the councll of discipline. Arg. Fr. Merc. Law, 546 […]

In French marine law. A vessel or ship Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In English Iaw. A military order of knighthood, instituted by Richard II. The order was new-Iy regulated hy notifications in the London […]

In old Engllsh law. Battel; the trial by combat or duellum Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old English law, a baton, club, or staff. A term applied to officers of the wardens of the prison called the […]

The method provided by statute of proceeding against the putative father to secure a proper malnte-nance for the bastard Source: Black’s Law […]

The offense of begetting a bastard child. The condition of a bastard. Dinkey v. Com., 17 Pa. 129, 55 Am. Dec. 542 […]

To declare one a bas-tard, as a court does. To give evidence to prove one a bastard. A mother (married) cannot bastardize […]

In old Engllsh law. A female bastard. Fleta, lib. 5, c. 5, f 40 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

An illegitimate child; a child born of an unlawful intercourse, and while its parents are not united in marriage. Tlm-mlns v. Lacy, […]

In-fendal law. Low justice; the rlght exercised by feudal lords of personally trying persons charged with trespasses or minor offenses Source: Black’s […]

In feudal law. Lands held by the servlce of making the king’s baskets Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In admiralty law and marine Insurance. A part of the sea lnclosed in rocks. U. S. v. Morel, 13 Am. Jur. 286, […]

In old English law. A kind of money or coin abolished by Henry II Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The name given to a com-pilation of Roman and Greek law, prepared about A. D. 880 by the Emperor Basilius, and published […]

A Greek word, meaning “king.” A title assumed by the emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire. It is used by Justinian in […]

In old English law. The de-inesne land of a manor; a farm distinct from the mansion Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

A contract by which parties exchange goods or commodities for other goods. It differs from sale, in this: that in Source: Black’s […]

In English law. An ad-vocate; one who has been called to the bar. A counsellor learned in the law who pleads at […]

In mining law and the usage of miners, is a wall of coal left between two mines Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd […]

In criminal law. The act or ofTense of a bapretor, (q. v.;) usually call-ed “common barretry.” The offense of fre-quently exciting and […]