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Bare trustee

property in question according to its nature, and the Law of Property Amendment Act, 1926, provided that a purchaser for money or money's worth without notice of the trust upon production of the title deeds may accept

Bargain and sale

of land being held originally to possess or be seised of the property to the use of the purchaser. In the case of goods the Common Law rule was and is that the property may be transferred

Bear

Exchange to denote one who has sold stocks or share he does not possess in the hope of purchasing them at a lower price before the time arrives for completion of his contract by delivery of the

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Benevolentia regis habenda

Benevolentia regis habenda, the form of purchasing the royal pardon and favour, in ancient fines and submissions, to be restored to estate, title, or place,

Blood

a maxim that none shall claim as heir who is not of the blood (i.e., kindred) of the purchaser, Co. Litt. 12 a. and see STRANGER IN BLOOD. The relationship arising by descent from a common ancestor;

Book of account

keep books of account of (a) all receipts and expenses with matters relating thereto; (b) all sales and purchases; and (c) the assets and liabilities of the company: these books are to be open to inspection by

Bread

Weights and Measures Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 21), s. 32, makes a request by the purchaser an essence of the offence of refusal to weigh in the case of bread carried out in a

Bribe

see Shipway v. Broadwood, (1899) 1 QB 369, where a veterinary surgeon employed to test horses by the purchaser had passed them after acceptance of a bribe from the seller. In such a case it is an

Brick-built

Laws of England, Vol. 4(2), 4th Edn., Para 335, p. 299; Powel v. Double, (1832), Sugden's Venders and Purchases, 14th Edn., p. 29.

Achators, or Achetors

Achators, or Achetors, purveyors, because they frequently bargain; also purchasers, Chaucer.

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