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A mark or cognizance worn to show the relation of the wearer to any person or thing; the token of anything; a distinctive mark of office or service. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition A mark or sign worn by some persons, or placed upon certain things for the purpose of designation. Some public officers, as watchmen, policemen, and the like, are required to wear … [Read more...] about BADGE

One in which the defendant is entitled to be discharged from arrest, only upon giving bail to answer. … [Read more...] about BAILABLE ACTION

In Scotch law. Children's part; a third part of the defunct's free movables, debts deducted, If the wife survive, and a half if there be no relict. … [Read more...] about BAIRN'S PART

crim. law practice. Backing a warrant occurs whenever it becomes necessary to execute it out of the jurisdiction of the magistrate who granted it; as when an offender escapes out of the county in which he committed the offence with which he is charged, into another county. In such a case, a magistrate of the county in which the offender may, be found, endorses, or writes his … [Read more...] about BACKING

A term used relatively to the law of fraudulent conveyances made to hinder and defraud creditors. It is defined as a fact tending to throw suspicion upon a transaction, and calling for an explanation. Bump, Fraud. Conv. 31; Gould v. Sanders, 69 Mich. 5, 37 N. W. 37; Bryant v. Kelton, 1 Tex. 420; Goshorn v. Snodgrass, 17 W. Va. 768; Kirkley v. Lacey, 7 Houst (Del.) 213, 30 Atl. … [Read more...] about BADGE OF FRAUD