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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.
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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...
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...
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