Tag: BE
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Beau Pleader
English Law: Beau Pleader in the Past Fair pleading (i.e. There is further information on this topic in this legal reference. The formal allegations by the parties of their respective claims and defenses). See Stultiloquium. Developments This is the name of a writ upon the statute of […]
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Beau Pleader
English Law: Beau Pleader in the Past Fair pleading (i.e. There is further information on this topic in this legal reference. The formal allegations by the parties of their respective claims and defenses). See Stultiloquium. Developments This is the name of a writ upon the statute of […]
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Bernet
Concept of Bernet Traditional meaning of bernet [1] in the Saxon law history: Arson; any capital offence. Note: For more information on Saxon Law history, see here.[rtbs name=”saxon-law”] Resources Notes and References Based on A concise law dictionary of words, phrases and maxims, […]
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Benevolence
English Law: Benevolence in the Past An aid given by the subjects to the king under a pretended gratuity, but in realty it was an extortion and imposition. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this information about benevolence is based […]
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Benefit Of Clergy
English Law: Benefit of Clergy in the Past An exemption of the punishment of death which the laws impose on the commission of certain crimes, on the culprit demanding it. By modern statute’s, benefit of clergy was rather a substitution of a more mild punishment for the punishment of death. […]
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Beneficio Primo Ecclesiastico Habendo
English Law and Ecclesiastical Law: Beneficio Primo Ecclesiastico Habendo in the Past A writ directed from the king to the chancellor, commanding him to bestow the benefice which must first fall in the king’s gift, above or under a certain value, upon a particular and certain person. […]
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Bench
Definition of Bench In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Bench : 1. Literally, the seat of a judge in court. The bench is usually in an elevated position at one side of the court room facing the seats of counsel and solicitors. 2. A group of judges…
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Bearers
English Law: Bearers in the Past Such as bear down or oppress others; maintainers. In Ruffhead’s Statutes it is employed to translate the French word emparnours, which signifies, according to Kelham, promisers of suits. 4 Ed. III. c. 11. This word is no longer used in this sense. […]
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Betterment
Concept of Betterment Traditional meaning of betterment [1] in the English common law history: A permanent improvement or addition made to lands or houses by the occupant; something more than repairs. Beyond sea, beyond the four seas. Out of the kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Out of the […]
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Bedel
English Law: Bedel in the Past A cryer or messenger of a court, who cites men to appear and answer. There are also inferior officers of a parish or liberty who bear this name. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this information about […]
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Benchers
Concept of Benchers Traditional meaning of benchers [1] in the English common law history: The governing members of the English Inns of Court. [rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes and References Based on A concise law dictionary of words, phrases and maxims, “Benchers”, […]
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Beyond Sea
English Law: Beyond Sea in the Past This phrase is used in the acts of limitations of several of the states, in imitation of the phraseology of the English statute of limitations. In Pennsylvania (see more about this U.S. State laws here) , the term has been construed to signify out of the […]
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Beadle
English Law: Beadle in the Past A messenger or apparitor of a court, who cites people to appear to what is alleged against them, is so called. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this information about beadle is based on the Bouvier´s […]
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Betterment Acts
Meaning of Betterment Acts The following is an old definition of Betterment Acts [1]: Statutes which secure to a purchaser of land for valuable consideration, without notice of an infirmity in the title, an interest in the land equal to the value of the improvements or melioration he may have […]
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Between and After the World Wars
Between and after the World Wars: UK Legal History Inter-war years During the inter-war years, legislation moderated the circumstances in which the death sentence could be applied. The Infanticide Act of 1922 made the killing of a baby by its mother no longer a capital crime. This was extended […]