Bull Necked - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: bull neckedbull necked
Having a short thick and muscular neck like that of a bull...
Papal bull
Papal bull. 1. The seal affixed to certain documents issued by the Pope. 2. Such a document itself. The bringing of papal bulls into the United Kingdom was at one time treason; but see the (English) Religious Disabilities Act, 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 59)....
Bull Moose
A follower of Theodore Roosevelt in the presidential campaign of 1912 a sense said to have originated from a remark made by Roosevelt on a certain occasion that he felt ldquolike a bull mooserdquo...
Ewe necked
Having a neck like a ewe said of horses in which the arch of the neck is deficient being somewhat hollowed out...
Necked
Having such a neck chiefly used in composition as stiff necked...
Bull
Bull [fr. bulla, Lat., a stud or boss], a brief or mandate of the Pope or Bishop of Rome, so called from the seal of lead or gold affixed to it, upon which was engraved on one side an image of St. Paul on the right of a cross, and that of St. Paul on the right of a cross, and that of St. Peter on the left, and on the other the Pope's name, and the year of his pontificate.To procure, publish, or put in use any of these is made treason, punished by death, by 13 Eliz. c. 2. That Act, though long previously obsolete, was not expressly repealed until 1846, and then only by an Act [(English) Religious Disabilities Act, 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 59()] repealing it so far only as the same imposes the penalties or punishments therein mentioned.A cant term used in the Stock Exchange to denote one who has bought stocks or shares with the intention of reselling on a rise in the market value. It may be applied either to a purely speculative purchaser or to one who makes a temporary investment. See BEAR...
Bull and boar
Bull and boar. By the custom of some places the parson was obliged to keep these animals for the use of the parishioners, in consideration of his having tithes of calves and pigs, etc., 1 Roll. Abr. 559....
Bull baiting
Bull baiting. See BAITING....
Bulls
Bulls. Licence required for keeping, see 21 & 22 Geo. 5, c. 43....
Devil on the neck
Devil on the neck, an instrument of torture, formerly used to extort confessions, etc. It was made of several irons, which were fastened to the neck and legs and wrenched together so as to break the back...
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