The act of being born or wholly brought into separate existence. Wallace v. State, 10 Tex. App. 270. … [Read more...] about BIRTH
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BILANCHS DEFERENDIS
In English law. An obsolete writ addressed to a corporation for the carrying of weights to such a haven, there to weigh the wool anciently licensed for transportation. Reg. Orig. 270. … [Read more...] about BILANCHS DEFERENDIS
BILL OF CREDIT
It is provided by the Constitution of the United States, art. 1, s. 10, that no state shall emit bills of credit, or make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment or debts. Such bills of credit are declared to mean promissory notes or bills issued exclusively on the credit of the. state, and for the payment of which the faith of the state only is pledged. The … [Read more...] about BILL OF CREDIT
BILATERAL
That which affects two parties (or both parties.) … [Read more...] about BILATERAL
BILL OF DEBT or BILL OBLIGATORY
contracts. When a merchant by his writing acknowledges himself in debt to another, in a certain sum to be paid on a certain day and subscribes it at a day and place certain. It may be under seal or not. … [Read more...] about BILL OF DEBT or BILL OBLIGATORY