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BOUND BAILIFFS
In English law. Sheriffs' officers are so called, from their being usually bound to the sheriff in an obligation with sureties, for the due execution of their office. 1 Bl. Comm. 345, 346. … [Read more...] about BOUND BAILIFFS
BOW-BEARER
An under officer of the forest, whose duty it was to oversee and true inquisition make, as well of sworn men as unsworn, in every bailiwick of the forest; and of all manner of trespasses done, either to vert or venison, and cause them to 'be presented, without any concealment, in the next court of attachment, etc. Cromp. Jur. 201. … [Read more...] about BOW-BEARER
BRANDING
An ancient mode of punishment by inflicting a mark on an offender with a hot iron. It is generally disused in civil law, but is a recognized punishment for some military offenses. … [Read more...] about BRANDING
BOUNDARY
By boundary is understood, in general, every separation, natural or artificial, which marks the confines or line of division of two contiguous estates. Trees or hedges may be planted, ditches may be dug, walls or inclosures may be erected, to serve as boundaries. But we most usually understand by boundaries stones or pieces of wood inserted in the earth on the confines of the … [Read more...] about BOUNDARY