A contract by which parties exchange goods or commodities for other goods. It differs from sale, in this: that in the latter transaction goods or property are always exchanged for money. Guerreiro r. Peile, 3 Barn. & Aid. 617; Cooper v. State, 37 Ark. 418; Meyer v. Rousseau, 47 Ark. 460, 2 S. W. 112. This term is not applied to contracts concerning land, but to such only as … [Read more...] about BARTER
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BASKET TENURE
In feudal law. Lands held by the service of making the king's baskets. … [Read more...] about BASKET TENURE
BATTEL, WAGER OF
In old English law. A form of trial anciently used in military cases, arising in the court of chivalry and honor, in appeals of felony, in criminal cases, and in the obsolete real action called a "writ of action." The question at issue was decided by the result of a personal combat between the parties, or, in the case of a writ of right, between their champions. … [Read more...] about BATTEL, WAGER OF
BEAMS AND BALANCE
Instruments for weighing goods and merchandise. … [Read more...] about BEAMS AND BALANCE
BARTON
In old English law. The demesne land of a manor; a farm distinct from the mansion. … [Read more...] about BARTON