KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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father by different mothers or by the same mother to different fathers. In the civil law, the following distinctions are observed: Two brothers who descend from the same father, but by different mothers, are call ed "consanguine" brothers. If they have the same mother, but are begotten by different fa thers, they are called "uterine" brothers. If they have both the same father and mother, they are denominated brothers "germane." BROTHER-IN-LAW. A wife's brother or a sister's husband. There is not any re lationship, but only affinity, between broth ers-in-law. Farmers' L. & T. Co. v. Iowa Water Co. (C. C.) 80 Fed. 469. See State y. Foster, 112 La. 533, 36 South. 554. BRUARITJM. In old English law. A heath ground; ground where heath grows. Spelman. BRUGBOTE. See BEIGBOTE. BRUILLUS. In old English law. A wood or grove; a thicket or clump of trees in a park or forest Cowell. BRUISE. In medical jurisprudence. A contusion; an injury upon the flesh of a per son with a blunt or heavy instrument, with out solution of continuity, or without break ing the skin. Shadock v. Road Co., 79 Mich. 7, 44 N. W. 158; State v. Owen, 5 N. C. 452, 4 Am. Dec. 571. BRUKBARN. In old Swedish law. The child of a woman conceiving after a rape, which was made legitimate. Literally, the child of a struggle. Burrill. BRUTUM FULMEN. An empty noise; an empty threat BUBBLE. An extravagant or unsubstan tial project for extensive operations in busi ness or commerce, generally founded on a fictitious or exaggerated prospectus, to en snare unwary investors. Companies formed on such a basis or for such purposes are called "bubble companies." The term is chiefly used in England. BUBBLE ACT. The statute 6 Geo. I. c. 18, "for restraining several extravagant and unwarrantable practices herein mentioned," was so called. It prescribed penalties for the formation of companies with little or no cap ital, with, the intention, by means of allur ing advertisements, of obtaining money from the public by the sale of shares. Such un dertakings were then commonly called "bub bles." This legislation was prompted by the collapse of the "South Sea Project," which, as Blackstone says, "had oeggared half the nation." It was mostly repealed by the stat ute 6 Geo. IV. c. 91. BUCKET SHOP. An office or place (oth er than a regularly incorporated or licensed

may buy and sell in his own name, and he has the goods in his possession; while a broker, as such, cannot ordinarily buy or sell in his own name, and hag no possession of the goods sold. Slack v. Tucker, 23 WalL 321, 330, 23 L. Ed. 143. The legal distinction between a broker and a factor is that the factor is intrusted with the property the subject of the agency; the broker is only employed to make a bargain in relation to it. Perkins v. State, 50 Ala. 154, 156. Brokers are of many kinds, the most im portant being enumerated and defined as follows: Exchange brokers, who negotiate for eign bills of exchange. Insurance brokers, who procure insur ances for those who employ them and nego tiate between the party seeking insurance and the companies or their agents. Merchandise brokers, who buy and sell goods and negotiate between buyer and sell er, but without having the custody of the property. Note brokers, who negotiate the discount or sale of commercial paper. Pawnbrokers, who lend money on goods deposited with them in pledge, taking high rates of interest. Real-estate brokers, who procure the purchase or sale of land, acting as interme diary between vendor and purchaser to bring them together and arrange terms; and who negotiate loans on real-estate security, man age and lease estates, etc. Latta v. Kil bourn, 150 U. S. 524, 14 Sup. Ct. 201, 37 L. Ed. 169; Chadwick v. Collins, 26 Pa. 139; Brauckman v. Leighton, 60 Mo. App. 42. Skip-brokers, who transact business be tween the owners of ships and freighters or charterers, and negotiate the sale of vessels. Stock-brokers, who are employed to buy and sell for their principals all kinds of stocks, corporation bonds, debentures, shares in companies, government securities, munic ipal bonds, etc. Money-broker. A money-changer; a scrivener or jobber; one who lends or raises money to or for others. The wages or commis sions of a broker; also, his business or occu pation. BROSSTTS. Bruised, or injured with blows, wounds, or other casualty. Cowell. BROTHEL. A bawdy-house; a house of ill fame; a common habitation of prostitutes. One person is a brother "of the whole blood" to another, the former be ing a male, when both are born from the same father and mother. He is a brother "of the half blood" to that other (or half brother) when the two are born to the same BROKERAGE. BROTHER.