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BUTLERAGE

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A privilege formerly allowed to the king's butler, to take a certain part of every cask of wine imported by an alien. … [Read more...]

BY BILL, BY BILL WITHOUT WRIT

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In practice. Terms anciently used to des i ignate actions commenced by original biU, as distinguished from those commenced by original writ, and applied in modern practice to suits commenced by capias ad respondendum. 1 Arch. Pr. pp. 2, 337; Harkness y. Harkness, 5 Hill (N. Y.) 213. … [Read more...]

BUSHEL

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measure. The Winchester bushel was made the standard of grain; a cylindrical vessel, eighteen and a half inches in diameter, and eight inches deep inside, contains a bushel; the capacity is 2145.42 cubic inches. By law or usage it is established in most of the United States. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or … [Read more...]

BUTLER'S ORDINANCE

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In English law. A law for the heir to punish waste in the life of the ancestor. "Though it be on record in the parliament book of Edward I., yet it never was a statute, nor ever so received; but only some constitution of the king's council, or lords in parliament, which never obtained the strength or force of an act of parliament" Hale, Hist Eng. Law, p. 18. … [Read more...]

BY ESTIMATION

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In conveyancing. A term used to indicate that the quantity of land as stated is estimated only, not exactly measured; has the same meaning and effect as the phrase "more or less." Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition contracts. In sales of land it not infrequently occurs that the property is said to contain a certain number of acres, by estimation, or so many acres, … [Read more...]

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