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No. 2, 18 La. 282; Harlan, etc., Co. T. Pas chall, 5 Del. Ch. 463. 2. The right of cohabitation or marital intercourse; as in the phrase "divorce from bed and board," or a mensa et thoro. —Bed of justice. In old French law. The seat or throae upon which the king sat when personally present in parliament; hence it sig nified the parliament itself. In English law. A crier or messenger of court, who summons men to appear and answer therein. Cowell. An officer of the forest, similar to a sher iff's special bailiff. Cowell. A collector of rents for the king. Plowd. 199, 200. A well-known parish officer. See BEADLE. BEDELARY. The jurisdiction of a be del, as a bailiwick is the jurisdiction of a bailiff. Co. Litt 2346; Cowell. A service which certain tenants were anciently bound to perform, as to reap their landlord's corn at harvest. Said by Whishaw to be still in existence in some parts of England. Blount; Cowell; Whishaw. and hops. In its ordinary sense, denotes a beverage which is intoxicating, and is within the fair meaning of the words "strong or spirituous liquors," used in the statutes on this sub ject. Tompkins County v. Taylor, 21 N. Y. 175; Nevin v. Ladue, 3 Denio (N. Y.) 44; Mullen v. State, 96 Ind. 306; People v. Wheelock, 3 Parker, Cr. Cas. (N. Y.) 14; Maier v. State, 2 Tex. Civ. App. 296, 21 S. W. 974. —Beer-house. In English law. A place where beer is sold to be consumed on the prem ises; as distinguished from a "beer-shop," which is a place where beer is sold to be consumed off the premises. 16 Ch. Div. 721. BEFORE. Prior to; preceding. In the presence of; under the official purview of; as in a magistrate's jurat, "before me per sonally appeared," etc. In the absence of any statutory provision governing the computation of time, the author ities are uniform that, where an act is requir ed to be done a certain number of days or weeks before a certain other day upon which an other act is to be done, the day upon which the first act is done is to be excluded from the com putation, and the whole number of days or weeks must intervene before the day fixed for doing the second act. Ward v. Walters, 63 Wis. 44, 22 N. W. 844, and cases cited. BEG. To solicit alms or charitable aid. The act of a cripple in passing along the 6idewalk and silently holding out his hand and receiving money from passers-by is "beg ging for alms," within the meaning of a stat ute which uses that phrase. In re Haller, 3 Abb. N. C. (N. Y.) 65. BEDEIi . BEDEREPE. BEER. A liquor compounded of malt

BEGA. A land measure used in the East Indies. In Bengal it is equal to about a third part of an acre. One who lives by begging charity, or who has no other means of sup port than solicited alms. BEGGAR.

BEGUM.

In India.

A lady, princess,

woman of high rank.

BEHALF. A witness testifies on "be half" of the party who calls him, notwith standing his evidence proves to be adverse to that party's case. Richerson v. Stern burg, 65 111. 274. See, further, 12 Q. B. 693; 18 Q. B. 512. behaving, whether good or bad; conduct; manners; carriage of one's self, with respect to pro priety and morals; deportment. Webster. is said to be a larger requirement than surety to keep the peace. BEHETRIA. In Spanish law. Lands sit uated in places where the inhabitants had the right to select their own lords. Use; benefit; profit; serv ice; advantage. It occurs in conveyances, e. ff., "to his and-their use and behoof." Stiles v. Japhet, 84 Tex. 91, 19 S. W. 450. BELIEF. A conviction of the truth of a proposition, existing subjectively in the mind, and induced by argument, persuasion, or proof addressed to the judgment Keller v. State, 102 Ga. 506, 31 S. E. 92. Belief is to be distinguished from "proof," "evidence," and "testimony." See EVIDENCE. With regard to things which make not a very deep impression on the memory, it may be call ed "belief." "Knowledge" is nothing more than a man's firm belief. The difference is ordinarily merely in the degree; to be judged of by the court, when addressed to the court; by the jury, when addressed to the jury. Hatch v. Carpen ter, 9 Gray (Mass.) 274. The distinction between the two mental con ditions seems to be that knowledge is an assur ance of a fact or proposition founded on per ception by the senses, or intuition; while be lief is an assurance gained by evidence, and from other persons. Abbott In international law. A term used to designate either of two na tions which are actually in a state of war with each other, as well as their allies ac tively co-operating; as distinguished from a nation which takes no part in the war and maintains a strict indifference as be tween the contending parties, called a "neu tral." U. S. v. The Ambrose Light (D. C.) 25 Fed. 412; Johnson v. Jones, 44 111. 151, 92 Am. Dec. 159. Bello parta cedunt reipublicse. Things acquired in war belong or go to the state. BEHAVIOR. Manner of State v. Roll, 1 Ohio Dec. 284. Surety to be of good behavior BEHOOF. BELLIGERENT.