In English ecclesiastical law. An inferior parish officer, who is chosen by the vestry, and whose business is to attend the vestry, to give notice of its meetings, to execute its orders, to attend upon inquests, and to assist the constables. Wharton. … [Read more...] about BEADLE
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BARTER
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
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