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Breve perquirere
Breve perquirere, to purchase a writ or license of trial, in the king's courts, by the plaintiff, qui breve perquisivit; whence the usage of paying 6s. 8d. fine to the Crown where the debt is 40l.,...
Brawling
Brawling [fr. brailler, Fr., to brawl], the offence of quarrelling, or creating a disturbance in the church or churchyard, punished by 5 & 6 Edw. 4, c. 4 [partly repealed by 9 Geo. 4, c. 31,...
Bounty of Queen Anne
Bounty of Queen Anne, given by royal charter, which was confirmed by Queen Anne (2 Anne, c. 11), whereby all the revenue of first-fruits and tenths (see those titles) which belonged to the English Crown was...
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Board of Green Cloth
Board of Green Cloth. See COUNTING HOUSE OF THE KING'S HOUSEHOLD.
Bancus superior
Bancus superior, abbrev. Banc.Sup. [Lat.], the Upper Bench; the King's Bench was so called during the Protectorate.
Blackstone
Blackstone, William, 1723-80. Judge of King's Bench and Common Pleas. Author of 'Commentaries on the Laws of England,' etc.
Black ward
Black ward, a sub-vassal, who held ward of the king's vassal.
Black Rod, Gentleman Usher of
Black Rod, Gentleman Usher of, a chief officer of the king, deriving his name from the Black Rod of office which he carries, and on the top of which reposes a golden lion. During the session...
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...
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...
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Breve perquirere
Breve perquirere, to purchase a writ or license of trial, in the king's courts, by the plaintiff, qui breve perquisivit; whence the usage of paying 6s. 8d. fine to the Crown where the debt is 40l.,...
Brawling
Brawling [fr. brailler, Fr., to brawl], the offence of quarrelling, or creating a disturbance in the church or churchyard, punished by 5 & 6 Edw. 4, c. 4 [partly repealed by 9 Geo. 4, c. 31,...
Bounty of Queen Anne
Bounty of Queen Anne, given by royal charter, which was confirmed by Queen Anne (2 Anne, c. 11), whereby all the revenue of first-fruits and tenths (see those titles) which belonged to the English Crown was...
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Board of Green Cloth
Board of Green Cloth. See COUNTING HOUSE OF THE KING'S HOUSEHOLD.
Bancus superior
Bancus superior, abbrev. Banc.Sup. [Lat.], the Upper Bench; the King's Bench was so called during the Protectorate.
Blackstone
Blackstone, William, 1723-80. Judge of King's Bench and Common Pleas. Author of 'Commentaries on the Laws of England,' etc.
Black ward
Black ward, a sub-vassal, who held ward of the king's vassal.
Black Rod, Gentleman Usher of
Black Rod, Gentleman Usher of, a chief officer of the king, deriving his name from the Black Rod of office which he carries, and on the top of which reposes a golden lion. During the session...
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...
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...
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