In old English law. In-habitants of a burg us or borough; burgesses. Fleta, lib. 5, c. 6, $ 10
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A word used in Domes-day, signifying a breach o/ the peace in a town. Jacob
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one who breaks into houses or inclosed places, as distinguished from one who committed robbery in the open country. Spelman
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In old Engllsh law. A term applied to a contribution towards the repair of castles or walls of defense, or of a borough
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A tenure by which lands in royal boroughs in Scotland were held of the sovereign. The service was watching and warding, and was done by the burgesses within the territory of the bor-ough, whether expressed in the charter or not
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In English law. one of the three species of free socage hold-lngs; a tenure whereby houses and lands which were formerly the site of houses, in an ancient borough, are held of some lord by a certaln rent. There are a great many cus-toms affecting these tenures, the most re
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A term anciently ap-plied to a castle or fortified place; a borough, (q. v.) Spelman
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A name anciently given to a dwelling-house in a borough town. Blount
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An ofiice for the transaction of business. A name given to the several departments of the executive or admin istra-tive branch of government, or to their larger subdivisions. In re Strawbridge, 39 Ala. 375
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A system in which the business of government is carried on in departments, each under the control of a chief, in contradistinction from a system in which the officers of government have a co-ordinate authority
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In maritime law. A piece of wood or cork, or a barrel, raft, or other thlng, made secure and floating upon a stream or bay, intended as a guide and warning to mariners, by marking a spot where the water is shallow, or where there is a reef or other danger to navigation, or to murk the course of a devious channel
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(Lat. onus probandi.) In the law of evldence. The neces-slty or duty of affirmatively provlng a fact or facts in dispute on an issue raised between the parties In a cause, willett v. Rich, 142 Mass. 356, 7 N. E. 776, 56 Am. Rep. 684; wilder v. Cowles, 100 Mass. 490; People v. McCann, 16 N. Y. 58, 69 Am. Dec. 642
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A person employed to dun one for a debt; a bailiff employed to ar-rest a debtor. Probably a vulgar corruption of “bound-bailiff,” (q. r.)
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In old English iaw. A bound, boundary, border, or limit, (terminus, limes
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An officially published notice or announcement concerning the progress of matters of public importance. In France, the registry of the laws
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Gold and silver Intended to be coined. The term la usually applied to a quantity of these metals ready for tlie mint, but as yet lying in bars, plates, lumps, or other masses; but it may also include orna-ments or dishes of gold and silver, or foreign coins not current as money, when intended to be descriptive of its adaptability to be coined, and not of other purposes to which it may be put. Hope Min. Co. v. Kennon, 3 Mont. 44; Thalheim v. State, 38 Fin. 169, 20 South. 938; Counsel v. Min. Co., 5 Daly (N. Y.) 77
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In eccleslastlcal law. An lnstru-ment granted by the pope of Rome, and sealed with a seal of lead, containing some decree, commandment, or other public act, emanating from the pontiff. Bull, in this sense, corresponds with edict or letters pat-ent from other governments. Cowell; 4 Bl. Comm. 110; 4 Steph. Comm. 177, 179
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A seal used by the Romnn emperors, during the lower empire; and which was of four kinds,—gold, silver, wax, and lead
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An association in which the subscriptions of the members
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Unbroken packages. Merchandise which is neither counted, weighed, nor measured
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A lease of land for a long term of years, usually 99, at a rent called a “ground rent,” the lessee covenant-ing to erect certaln edifices thereon according to specification, and to maintain the same, etc., during the term
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The statutory lien of a material-man or contractor for the erection of a building. Lumber Co. v. Holt, 60 Neb. 80, 82 N. W. 112, 83 Am. St. Rep. 512; June v. Doke, 35 Tex. Clv. App. 240, 80 S. W. 406
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A structure or edifice erected by the hand of man, composed of natural materials, as stone or wood, and Intended for use or convenience. Truesdell v. Gray, 13 Gray (Mass.) 311; State v. Moore, 61 Mo. 276; Clark v. State, 69 wis. 203, 33 N. W. 436, 2 Am. St. Rep. 732
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An organization created for the pur-pose of accumulating a fund by the monthly subscriptions and savings of its members to assist them in bailding or purchasing for themselves dwellings or real estate by the loan to them of the requisite money from the funds of the association. McCauley v. Association, 97 Tenn. 421, 37 S. W. 212, 35 L. R. A. 244, 56 Am. St. Rep. S13; Cook v. Association, 104 Ga. 814, 30 S. E. 911; Pfels-ter v. Association, 19 W. Va. 093
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A name given in England to the statement annually presented to parliament by the chancellor of the exchequer, con-talning the estimates of the national revenue and expenditure
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