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adj. Low; Inferior; servile; of subordinate degree; Impure, adulterated, or alloyed. Base animal. See ANIMAL. Base bullion. Base silver bullion is silver in bars mixed to a greater or less extent with alloys or base materials. Base coin. Debased, adulterated, or alloyed coin. Gabe v. State, 6 Ark. 540. Base court. In English law. Any inferior court that is not of record, as a … [Read more...] about BASE

(Bastard Eigne') Eng. law. Elder bastard. By the old English law, when, a man had a bastard son, and he afterwards married the mother, and by her had a legitimate son, the first was called a bastard eigne, or, as it is now spelled, aine, and the second son was called puisne, or since born, or sometimes he was called mulier puisne. … [Read more...] about BASTARD EIGNE

In Louisiana. A marine term used to denote a bottom of sand, stone, or rock mixed together and rising towards the surface of the water; an elevation of the bed of a river under the surface of the water, since it is rising towards it; sometimes, however, used to denote the same elevation of the bank when it has risen above the surface of the water, or is as high as the land on … [Read more...] about BATTURE

An inferior court, one not of record. Not used. … [Read more...] about BASE COURT

In old English law. A female bastard. Fleta, lib. 5, c. 5, … [Read more...] about BASTARDA