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One who procures opportunities for persons of opposite sexes to cohabit in an illicit manner; who may be, while exercising the trade of a bawd, perfectly innocent of committing in his or her own proper person the crime either of adultery or of fornication. See Dyer v. Morris, 4 Mo. 216. … [Read more...] about BAWD

English law. A tenure in fee at the will of the lord. This was distinguished from socage free tenure. … [Read more...] about BASE FEE

(A) crim. law. The offence of begetting a bastard child. (B) persons. The state or condition of a bastard. The law presumes every child legitimate, when born of a woman in a state of wedlock, and casts the onus probandi on the party wlio affirms the bastardy. … [Read more...] about BASTARDY

A house of prostitution ; a brothel. A house or dwelling maintained for the convenience and resort of persons desiring unlawful sexual connection. … [Read more...] about BAWDY-HOUSE

1. A standard lending rate in the United Kingdom. 2. A basic wage or payment for labor which may be subject to a later addition or subtraction. … [Read more...] about BASE RATE