KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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BRIBERY

56, 42 Am. Dec. 716; Proprietors of Bridges v. Land Imp. Co., 13 N. J. Eq. 511; Rusch v. Davenport, 6 Iowa, 455; Whitall v. Glou cester County, 40 N. J. Law, 305. A building of stone or wood erected across a river, for the common ease and benefit of travelers. Jacob. Bridges are either public or private. Pub lic bridges are such as form a part of the highway, common, according to their char acter as foot, horse, or carriage bridges, to the public generally, with or without toll. State v. Street, 117 Ala. 203, 23 South. 807; Everett v. Bailey, 150 Pa. 152, 24 Atl. 700; Rex v. Bucks County, 12 East, 204. A private bridge is one which is not open to the use of the public generally, and does not form part of the highway, but is reserved for the use of those who erected it, or their successors, and their licensees. Rex v. Bucks County, 12 East, 192. Persons chosen by the citizens, to have the care and super vision of bridges, and having certain fees and profits belonging to their office, as in the case of London Bridge. In the location of a private way laid out by the selectmen, and accepted by the town, a description of it as a "bridle road" does not confine the right of way to a particular class of animals or spe cial mode of use. Flagg v. Flagg, 16 Gray (Mass.) 175. BRIEF. In general. A written docu ment; a letter; a writing in the form of a letter. A summary, abstract, or epitome. A condensed statement of some larger docu ment, or of a series of papers, facts, or prop ositions. An epitome or condensed summary of the facts and circumstances, or propositions of law, constituting the case proposed to be set up by either party to an action about to be tried or argued. In English practice. A document pre pared by the attorney, and given to the bar rister, before the trial of a cause, for the in struction and guidance of the latter. It con tains, in general, all the Information neces sary to enable the barrister to successfully conduct their client's case in court, such as a statement of the facts, a summary of the pleadings, the names of the witnesses, and an outline of the evidence expected from them, and any suggestions arising out of the peculiarities of the case. In American practice. A written or printed document, prepared by counsel to serve as the basis for an argument upon a cause in an appellate court, and usually filed for the information of the court. It embod ies the points of law which the counsel de sires to establish, together with the argu- BRIDGE^MASTERS. BRIDXE ROAD.

whom It Is given, in his action, vote, or opinion, in any public or official capacity. Pen. Code Dak. § 774. Pen. Code Cal. 1903, § 7; Pen. Code Tex. 1895, art 144; People v. Van de Carr, 87 App. Div. 386, 84 N. Y. Supp. 461; People v. Ward, 110 Cal. 369, 42 Pac. 894; Com. v. Headley, 111 Ky. 815, 64 S. W. 744. In criminal law. The re ceiving or offering any undue reward by or to any person whomsoever, whose ordinary profession or business relates to the admin istration of public justice, in order to influ ence his behavior in office, and to incline him to act contrary to his duty and the known rules of honesty and integrity. Hall v. Mar shall, 80 Ky. 552; Walsh v. People, 65 111. 65, 16 Am. Rep. 569; Com. v. Murray, 135 Mass. 530; Hutchinson v. State, 36 Tex. 294. The term "bribery" now extends further, and includes the offense of giving a bribe to many other classes of officers; it applies both to the actor and receiver, and extends to voters, cab inet ministers, legislators, sheriffs, and other classes. 2 Whart. Crim. Law, § 1858. The offense of taking any undue reward by a judge, juror, or other person concerned in the administration of justice, or by a pub lic officer, to influence his behavior in his office. 4 Bl. Comm. 139, and note. Bribery is the giving or receiving any un due reward to influence the behavior of the person receiving such reward in the dis charge of his duty, in any office of govern ment or of justice. Code Ga. 1882, § 4469. The crime of offering any undue reward or remuneration to any public officer of the crown, or other person intrusted with a public duty, with a view to influence his behavior in the discharge of his duty. The taking such reward is as much bribery as the offering it. It also sometimes signifies the taking or giving a re ward for public office. The offense is not con fined, as some have supposed, to judicial officers. Brown. BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS. The of fense committed by one who gives or prom ises or offers money or any valuable induce ment to an elector, in order to corruptly induce the latter to vote in a particular way or to abstain from voting, or as a re ward to the voter for having voted in a par ticular way or abstained from voting. BRIBOUR. One that pilfers other men's goods; a thief. BRICOIiIS. An engine by which walls were beaten down. Blount. BRIDEWEIIII. In England. A house of correction. BRIDGE. A structure erected over a river, creek, stream, ditch, ravine, or other place, to facilitate the passage thereof; in cluding by the term both arches and abut ments. Bridge Co. y. Railroad Co., 17 Conn. BRIBERY.