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Butler's Ordinance
Butler's Ordinance, a law for the heir to punish waste in the life of the ancestor. Though it be on record in the Parliament Book of Edward I., yet it never was a statute, nor ever...
Broad-arrow
Broad-arrow, use as a Government mark, is thought to have had a Celtic origin; and the so-called arrow may be the ' or ', the broad a of the Druids. This letter was typical of superiority...
British ship
British ship, As to the qualification for owning and the obligation to register British ships, see Merchant Shipping Act,1894, ss. 1-3. The owner must be a British subject, natural born or naturalized, or a denizen q.v.,...
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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offence of quarrelling, or creating a disturbance in the church or churchyard, punished by 5 & 6 Edw. 4, c. 4 [partly repealed by 9 Geo. 4, c. 31,...
Bargain and sale
Bargain and sale, A contract for the sale of real or personal property of any kind operating under the Statute of Uses as a conveyance of the land, or at Common Law, from early times of...
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...
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.
Black ward
Black ward, a sub-vassal, who held ward of the king's vassal.
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