Category: B
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Barons Of Exchequer
English Law: Barons of Exchequer in the Past The name given to the five judges of the Exchequer formerly these were baros of the realm, but now they are chosen from people learned in the law. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this […]
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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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Bacberend
Concept of Bacberend Traditional meaning of bacberend [1] in the Saxon law history: (Carrying on the back.) A term used of a thief caught with the stolen goods. Note: For more information on Saxon Law history, see here.[rtbs name=”saxon-law”] Resources Notes and References Based on A […]
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Border Of Conflict
“There Were Bad Times and There Were Rough Times.” Policing on the Border of Conflict Vicky Conway, from the University of Kent, made a contribution to the 2012 Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, in the category “Crime and Society,” under the title ““There Were Bad Times […]
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Border Of Conflict
“There Were Bad Times and There Were Rough Times.” Policing on the Border of Conflict Vicky Conway, from the University of Kent, made a contribution to the 2012 Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, in the category “Crime and Society,” under the title ““There Were Bad Times […]
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Enceinte
English Law: Enceinte in the Past A French word, which signifies pregnant. Developments When a woman is pregnant and is convicted of a capital crime, she cannot lawfully be punished till after her delivery. Details In the English law, where a widow is suspected to feign herself with child […]
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Enceinte
English Law: Enceinte in the Past A French word, which signifies pregnant. Developments When a woman is pregnant and is convicted of a capital crime, she cannot lawfully be punished till after her delivery. Details In the English law, where a widow is suspected to feign herself with child […]
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Bootlegging
Concept of Bootlegging in IP Law [rtbs name=”intellectual-property-law”]Lambert defined bootlegging as follows: Making and distributing films or sound recordings that infringe rights in performances on an industrial scale.
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Bootlegging
Concept of Bootlegging in IP Law [rtbs name=”intellectual-property-law”]Lambert defined bootlegging as follows: Making and distributing films or sound recordings that infringe rights in performances on an industrial scale.
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Barrister
Definition of Barrister A lawyer who is entitled to represent clients in all of the courts. In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Barrister : A legal practitioner admitted to plead at the Bar. A barrister must be a member of one of the four Inns of […]
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Bona Notabilia
English Law and Ecclesiastical Law: Bona Notabilia in the Past Notable goods. When a person dies having at the time of his death, goods in any other diocese, beside’s the goods in the diocese where he dies, amounting to the value of five pounds in the whole, he is said to have bona notabilia; […]
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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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Bond Tenant
English Law: Bond Tenant in the Past (For tenant, see more about this popular legal topic in the U.K. encyclopedia). Copyholders and usual tenants are sometimes so called. Calth. on Copyh. 51, 54. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes and References Partialy, […]
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Bond Tenant
English Law: Bond Tenant in the Past (For tenant, see more about this popular legal topic in the U.K. encyclopedia). Copyholders and usual tenants are sometimes so called. Calth. on Copyh. 51, 54. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes and References Partialy, […]
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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…