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Home Dictionary Name: bedBedded
Provided with a bed as double bedded room placed or arranged in a bed or beds...
Bedding
A bed and its furniture the materials of a bed whether for man or beast bedclothes litter...
separation from bed and board
separation from bed and board :legal separation ...
Bed
An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on a couch Specifically A sack or mattress filled with some soft material in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed as a feather bed or this with the bedclothes added In a general sense any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in as a quantity of hay straw leaves or twigs...
Bed steps
Steps for mounting a bed of unusual height...
Bed of Justice
Bed of Justice [lit de justice, Fr.], the seat or throne upon which the King of France sat when personally present in Parliament; hence it signified the Parliament itself....
Death Bed
Death Bed, Scots Law of. By this law an heir in Scotland was entitled to keep his heritage as against a disposition of it by his predecessor. But the law is repealed by 34 & 35 Vict. c. 81, the Act 'to abolish Reductions ex capite Lecti in Scotland.' See REDUCTION EX CAPITE LECTI.A state of serious illness, sickness which ends in death....
Oysters
Oysters. Stealing oysters from oyster beds properly marked out is felony and punishable as simple larceny, i.e., by penal servitude up to three years, or imprisonment up to three years, and, if a male under 16, with or without whipping. Dredging or netting for oysters in a bed is a misdemeanour punishable by imprisonment up to three months, with or without hard labour. See (English) Larceny Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 96), s. 26.Oyster beds are protected by Part III. of the (English) Sea Fisheries Act, 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 45), and a close time for oysters is provided by the Sea (English) Fisheries (Oyster, Crab, and Lobster) Act, 1877 (40 & 41 Vict. c. 42), being between 15th June and 4th August for 'deep sea oysters,' and between 14th May and 4th August for other oysters. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Fish (Sea),'Oysters are included in the term sea-fish; see (English) Sea-Fishing Industry Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 45).An action in rem will lie for damage caused by the negligent...
Batture
An elevated river bed or sea bed...
Bunkbed
A type of multiple bed in which the individual beds are arranged one above the other It is used to save space in crowded quarters...
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