KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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BINDING OVER. The act by which a court or magistrate requires a person to en ter Into a recognizance or furnish ball to ap pear for trial, to keep the peace, to attend as a witness, etc. BIPARTITE. Consisting of, or divisible into, two parts. A term in conveyancing de scriptive of an instrument In two parts, and executed by both parties. BIRRETUM, BIRRETUS. A cap or coif used formerly in England by judges and Serjeants at law. Spelman. BIRTH. The act of being born or wholly brought into separate existence. Wallace v. State, 10 Tex. App. 270. BIS. Lat. Twice. Bis idem eadgi bona fides non patitur} et in sa'tisfactionibus non permittitnr amplins fieri qnam semel factum est. Good faith does not suffer the same thing to be demanded twice; and in making satisfac tion [for a debt or demand] it is not al lowed to be done more than once. 9 Coke, 53. BISAILE. The father of one's grand father or grandmother. BISANTIUM, BESANTINE, BEZANT. An ancient coin, first issued at Constantino ple ; it was of two sorts,—gold, equivalent to a ducat, valued at 9s. 6d.; and silver, com puted at 2s. They were both current In England. Wharton. BI-SCOT. In old English law. A fine imposed for not repairing banks, ditches, and causeways. BISHOP. In English law. An ecclesias tical dignitary, being the chief of the clergy within his diocese, subject to the archbishop of the province in which his diocese is sit uated. Most of the bishops are also mem bers of the House of Lords. BISHOPRIC. In ecclesiastical law. The diocese of a bishop, or the circuit in which he has jurisdiction; the office of a bishop. 1 Bl. Comm. 377-382. BISHOP'S COURT. In English law. An ecclesiastical court, held In the cathedral of each diocese, the judge whereof is the bishop's chancellor, who judges by the civil canon law; and, If the diocese be large, he has his commissaries in remote parts, who hold consistory courts, for matters limited to them by their commission. BISSEXTILE. The day which is added every fourth year to the month of February,

14. In English law, a draft of a patent for a charter, commission, dignity, office, or appointment. Such a bill is drawn up in the attorney gen eral's patent bill office, is submitted by a secre tary ot state for the King's signature, when it is called the "King's bill," and is then counter signed by the secretary of state and sealed by the privy seal, and then the patent is prepared and sealed. Sweet. BILLA. L. Lat. A bill; an original hill. — Billa excambii. A bill of exchange.— Billa exonerationis. A bill of lading.— Billa vera. (A true bill) In old practice. The indorse ment anciently made on a bill of indictment by a grand jury, when they found it sufficiently sustained by evidence. 4 Bl. Comm. 306. BILLA CASSETUR, or QUOD BILLA CASSETUR. (That the bill be quashed.) In practice. The form of the judgment ren dered for a defendant on a plea in abate ment, where the proceeding is by bill; that is, where the suit is commenced by capias, and not by original writ. 2 Archb. Pr. K. B. 4. BILLET. A soldier's quarters in a civil ian's house; or the ticket which authorizes him to occupy them. In French law. A bill or promissory note. Billet d ordre, a bill payable to order. Bil let A vue, a bill payable at sight. Billet de complaisance, an accommodation bill. Bil let de change, an engagement to give, at a future time, a bill of exchange, which the party is not at the time prepared to give. Story, Bills, § 2, n. BILLETA. In old English law. A bill or petition exhibited in parliament. Cowell. BI-METALLIC. Pertaining to, Or con sisting of, two metals used as money at a fixed relative value. BI-METALLISM. The legalized use of two metals in the currency of a country at a fixed relative value. BIND. To obligate; to bring or place under definite duties or legal obligations, particularly by a bond or covenant; to affect one.,in a constraining or compulsory manner with a contract or a judgment. So long as a contract, an adjudication, or a legal rela tion remains in force and virtue, and con tinues to impose duties or obligations, it Is said to be "binding." A man is bound by his contract or promise, by a judgment or decree against him, by his bond or covenant, by an estoppel, etc. Stone v. Bradbury, 14 Me. 193; Holmes v. Tutton, 5 El. & Bl. 80; Bank v. Ireland, 127 N. O. 238, 37 S. E. 223; Doug las v. Hennessy, 15 B* I. 272, 10 Atl. 583. BIND OUT. To place one under a legal obligation to serve another; as to bind out an apprentice.