Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

BOROUGH

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BOOT

BORDLODE. A service anciently re quired of tenants to carry timber out of the woods of the lord to his house; or it is said to be the quantity of food or provision which the bordarii or bordmen paid for their bord lands. Jacob. BORDSERVICE. lands. A tenure of bord BOREL-FOLK. Country people; derived from the French bourre, (Lat. floccus,) a lock of wool, because they covered their heads with such stuff. Blount. BORG. In Saxon law. A pledge, pledge giver, or surety. The name given among the Saxons to the head of each family com posing a tithing or decennary, each being the pledge for the good conduct of the others. Also the contract or engagement of surety ship; and the pledge given. BORGBRICHE. A breach or violation of suretyship, or of mutual fidelity. Jacob. BORGESMON. In Saxon law. The name given to the head of each family composing a tithing. BORGH OF HAMHALD. In old Scotch law. A pledge or surety given by the seller of goods to the buyer, to make the goods forthcoming as his own proper goods, and to warrant the same to him. Skene. BOROUGH. In English law. A town, a walled town. Co. Litt. 1086. A town of note or importance; a fortified town. Cow ell. An ancient town. Litt. 164. A cor porate town that is not a city. Cowell. An ancient town, corporate or not, that sends burgesses to parliament. Co. Litt. 109a; 1 Bl. Comm. 114, 115. A city or other town sending burgesses to parliament. 1 Steph. Comm. 116. A town or place organized for local government. A parliamentary borough is a town which returns one or more members to parliament. In Scotch law. A corporate body erect ed by the charter of the sovereign, consisting of the inhabitants of the territory erected into the borough. Bell. In American law. In Pennsylvania, the term denotes a part of a township having a charter for municipal purposes; and the same is true of Connecticut. 23 Conn. 128. See, also, 1 Dill. Mun. Corp. § 41, n. "Borough" and "village" are duplicate or cumu lative names of the same thing; proof of either will sustain a charge in an indictment employing the other term. 18 Ohio St. 496.

BOOT, or BOTE. An old Saxon word, equivalent to "estovers." BOOTING, or BOTING, CORN. Cer tain rent corn, anciently so called. Cowell. BOOTY. Property captured from the enemy in war, on land, as distinguished from "prize," which is a capture of such property on the sea. BOBD. An old Saxon word, signifying a cottage; a house; a table. BOBDAGE. In old English law. A species of base tenure, by which certain lands (termed "bord lands,") were anciently held in England, the tenants being termed "bor darii;" the service was that of keeping the lord in small provisions. BOBDABIA. A cottage. BOBDABII, or BORDIMANNT. In old English law. Tenants of a less servile condition than the villani, who had a bord or cottage, with a small parcel of land, al lowed to them, on condition they should sup ply the lord with poultry and eggs, and other small provisions for his board or entertain ment. Spelman. BORD-BBIGCH. In Saxon law. A breach or violation of suretyship; pledge breach, or breach of mutual fidelity. BORDER WARRANT. A process granted by a judge ordinary, on either side of the border between England and Scotland, for arresting the person or effects of a person living on the opposite side, until he find secu rity, judicio sisti. Bell. BORDEREAU. In French law. A note enumerating the purchases and sales which may have been made by a broker or stock broker. This name is also given to the state ment given to a banker with bills for dis count or coupons to receive. Arg. Fr. Merc. Law, 547. BORD-HALFPENNY. A customary small toll paid to tbe lord of a town for set ting up boards, tables, booths, etc., in fairs or markets. BORDLANDS. The demesnes which the lords keep in their hands for the maintenance of their board or table. Cowell. Also lands held in bordage. Lands which the lord gave to tenants on condition of their supplying his table with small provisions, poultry, eggs, etc

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