Eng. law. The name of a license granted at the custom house to a merchant, authorizing him to trade from one English port to another without paying custom. … [Read more...] about BILL OF SUFFRANCE
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BIND OUT
To place one under a legal obligation to serve another; as to bind out an apprentice. … [Read more...] about BIND OUT
BISAILE
The father of one's grandfather or grandmother. … [Read more...] about BISAILE
BILL PENAL
contracts. A written obligation, by which a debtor acknowledges himself indebted in a certain sum, may one hundred dollars, and for the payment of the debt binds himself in a larger sum, say two hundred dollars. Bills penal do not frequently occur in modern practice; bonds, with conditions, have superseded them. Bills-penal are sometimes called bills obligatory. … [Read more...] about BILL PENAL
BIND OVER
When a criminal defendant is ordered to remain in police custody or to pay bail while awaiting trial. … [Read more...] about BIND OVER