A method of anthropometry, used chiefly for the identification of criminals and other persons, consisting of the taking and recording of a system of numerous, minute, and uniform measurements of various parts of the human body, absolutely and in relation to each other, the facial, cranial, and other angles, and of any eccentricities or abnormalities noticed in the individual. … [Read more...] about BERTILLON SYSTEM
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BENEFIT OF DISCUSSION
civil law. The right which a surety has to cause the property of the principal debtor to be applied in satisfaction of the obligation in the first instance. … [Read more...] about BENEFIT OF DISCUSSION
BEREWICHA, OR BEREWICA
In old English law. A term used in Domesday for a village or hamlet belonging to some town or manor. … [Read more...] about BEREWICHA, OR BEREWICA
BERTON
A large farm; the barn yard of a large farm. … [Read more...] about BERTON
BENEFIT OF DIVISION
In the civil law, which, in this respect, has been adopted in Louisiana, although, when there are several sureties, each one is bound for the whole debt, yet when one of them is sued alone, he has a right to have the debt apportioned among all the solvent sureties on the same obligation, so that he shall be compelled to pay his own share only. This is called the benefit of … [Read more...] about BENEFIT OF DIVISION