Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

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BOUWERYE. Dutch. In old New York law. A farm; a farm on which the farmer's family resided. BOUWMEESTER. Dutch. In old New York law. A farmer. BOVATA TERR2!. As much land as one ox can cultivate. Said by some to be thirteen, by others eighteen, acres in extent. Skene; Spelman; Co. Iitt. 5a. BOW-BEARER. An under-officer of the forest, whose duty it is to oversee and true inquisition make, as well of sworn men as unsworn, in every bailiwick of the forest; and of all manner of trespasses done, either to vert or venison, and cause them to be pre sented, without any concealment, in the next court of attachment, etc. Cromp. Jur. 201. BOWTEES. Manufacturers of bows and shafts. An ancient company of the city of London. BOYCOTT. In criminal law. A con spiracy formed and intended directly or in directly to prevent the carrying on of any lawful business, or to injure the business of any one by wrongfully preventing those who would be customers from buying anything from or employing the representatives of said business, by threats, intimidation, or other forcible means. 11 Ya. Law J. 329. BOZERO. In Spanish law. An advo cate; one who pleads the causes of others, or his own, before courts of justice, either as plaintiff or defendant. BRACHIUM MARTS. An arm of the sea. BRACINUM. A brewing; the whole quantity of ale brewed at one time, for which tolsestor was paid in some manors. Brecina, a brew-house. BRAHMIN, BRAHMAN, or BRA MIN. In Hindu law. A divine; a priest; the first Hindu caste. BRANCH. A branch of a family stock is a group of persons, related among them selves by descent from a common ancestor, and related to the main stock by the fact that that common ancestor descends from th« original founder or progenitor. BRAND. To stamp; to mark, either with a hot iron or with a stencil plate. 11 Hun, 575. BRANDING. An ancient mode of pun ishment by inflicting a mark on an offender

to enlist into the public service. The term is applicable only to the payment made to the enlisted man, as the inducement for his serv ice, and not to a premium paid to the man through whose intervention, and by whose procurement, the recruit is obtained and mustered. 39 How. Fr. 488. It is not easy to discriminate between bounty, reward, and bonus. The former is the appropriate term, however, where the services or action of many persons are desired, and each who acts upon the offer may entitle himself to the promised gra tuity, without prejudice from or to the claims of others; while reward is more proper in the case of a single service, which can be only once per formed, and therefore will be earned only by the person or co-operating persons who succeed while others fail. Thus, bounties are offered to all who will enlist in the army or navy; to all who will engage in certain fisheries which government de sire to encourage; to all who kill dangerous beasts or noxious creatures. A reward is offered for res cuing a person from a wreck or fire; for detecting and arresting an offender; for finding a lost chat tel. Bonus, as compared with bounty, suggests the idea of a gratuity to induce a money transaction between individuals; a percentage or gift, upon a loan or transfer of property, or a surrender of a right. Abbott. BOUNTY LANDS. Portions of the public domain given to soldiers for military services, by way of bounty. BOUNTY OF QUEEN ANNE. A name given to a royal charter, which was confirmed by 2 Anne, c. 11, whereby all the revenue of first-fruits and tenths was vested in trustees, to form a perpetual fund for the augmentation of poor ecclesiastical livings. Wharton. BOURG. In old French law. An as semblage of houses surrounded with walls; a fortified town or village. In old English law. A borough, a vil lage. BOURGEOIS. In old French law. The inhabitant of a bourg, (q. v.) A person entitled to the privileges of a mu nicipal corporation; a burgess. BOURSE. Fr. An exchange; a stock exchange. BOURSE DE COMMERCE. In the French law. An aggregation, sanctioned by government, of merchants, captains of ves sels, exchange agents, and courtiers, the two latter being nominated by the govern ment, in each city which has a bourse. Brown. BOUSSOLE. In French marine law. A compass; the mariner's compasi.

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