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Yearly payments to the crown of Scotland, introduced by Malcolm III., and resembling the English fee farm rents. … [Read more...] about BURGHMAILS

As used in policies of insurance, this term does not mean any fluid which will burn, but it means a recognized article of commerce, called by that name, and which is a different article from naphtha or kerosene. Putnam v. Insurance Co. (C. C.) 4 Fed. 764; Wheeler v. Insurance Co., 6 Mo. App. 235; Mark v. Insurance Co., 24 Hun (N. Y.) 569. … [Read more...] about BURNING FLUID

The abuse of official influence in the affairs of government; corruption. This word has lately been adopted to signify that those persons who are employed in bureaus abuse their authority by intrigue to promote their own benefit, or that of friends, rather than the public good. The word is derived from the French. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition A system in which … [Read more...] about BUREAUCRACY

In Saxon law. A court of justice held semi annually by the bishop or lord in a burg, which the thanes were bound to attend without summons. … [Read more...] about BURGHMOTE

In old English criminal law, laymen, upon being accorded the benefit of clergy, were burned with a hot iron in the brawn of the left thumb, in order that, being thus marked, they could not again claim their clergy. 4 Bl. Comm. 367. … [Read more...] about BURNING IN THE HAND