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Bouche of court or budge of court

Bouche of court or budge of court, a certain allowance of provision from the king to his knights and servants who attended him on any military expedition.

Board of Green Cloth

Board of Green Cloth. See COUNTING HOUSE OF THE KING'S HOUSEHOLD.

Blackstone

Blackstone, William, 1723-80. Judge of King's Bench and Common Pleas. Author of 'Commentaries on the Laws of England,' etc.

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Black ward

Black ward, a sub-vassal, who held ward of the king's vassal.

Bill of sight

Bill of sight, When a merchant is ignorant of the real quantities or qualities of any goods assigned to him, so that he is unable to make a perfect entry of them, he must acquaint the...

Aver-penny or average penny

Aver-penny or average penny, money paid towards the king's averages or carriages, and so to be freed thereof, Cowel.

Bill of middlesex

Bill of middlesex, a fictitious mode of giving the Court of King's Bench jurisdiction in personal actions, by arresting a defendant for a supposed trespass. The 2 Wm. 4, c. 39, abolished this fiction, and after...

Bigamy

Bigamy. By the Offences against the Person Act, 1861, s. 57, whomsoever, being married, shall marry any other person during the life of the former husband or wife . . . shall be guilty of a...

Benevolence

Benevolence, nominally a voluntary gratuity given by subjects to their king, but in reality a tax or forced loan, now yielded only with consent of the House of Commons, in pursuance of the (English) Petition of...

Beneficio primo ecclesiastico habendo

Beneficio primo ecclesiastico habendo, an ancient writ, which was addressed by the king to the Lord Chancellor, to bestow the benefice that should first fall in the royal gift, above or under a specified value upon...

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Bouche of court or budge of court

Bouche of court or budge of court, a certain allowance of provision from the king to his knights and servants who attended him on any military expedition.

Board of Green Cloth

Board of Green Cloth. See COUNTING HOUSE OF THE KING'S HOUSEHOLD.

Blackstone

Blackstone, William, 1723-80. Judge of King's Bench and Common Pleas. Author of 'Commentaries on the Laws of England,' etc.

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Black ward

Black ward, a sub-vassal, who held ward of the king's vassal.

Bill of sight

Bill of sight, When a merchant is ignorant of the real quantities or qualities of any goods assigned to him, so that he is unable to make a perfect entry of them, he must acquaint the...

Aver-penny or average penny

Aver-penny or average penny, money paid towards the king's averages or carriages, and so to be freed thereof, Cowel.

Bill of middlesex

Bill of middlesex, a fictitious mode of giving the Court of King's Bench jurisdiction in personal actions, by arresting a defendant for a supposed trespass. The 2 Wm. 4, c. 39, abolished this fiction, and after...

Bigamy

Bigamy. By the Offences against the Person Act, 1861, s. 57, whomsoever, being married, shall marry any other person during the life of the former husband or wife . . . shall be guilty of a...

Benevolence

Benevolence, nominally a voluntary gratuity given by subjects to their king, but in reality a tax or forced loan, now yielded only with consent of the House of Commons, in pursuance of the (English) Petition of...

Beneficio primo ecclesiastico habendo

Beneficio primo ecclesiastico habendo, an ancient writ, which was addressed by the king to the Lord Chancellor, to bestow the benefice that should first fall in the royal gift, above or under a specified value upon...

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