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  • BEREWICHA, OR BEREWICA
    In old English law. A term used in Domesday for a village or hamlet belonging to some town or manor.
  • BERGHMAYSTER
    An officer having charge of a mine. A bailiff or chief officer among the Derbyshire miners, who, in addition to his other duties, executes the office of coroner among them. Blount; Cowell.
  • BERGHMOTH, OR BERGHMOTE
    The ancient name of the court now called "barmote." (q. v.)
  • BERNET
    In Saxon,law. Burning; the crime of house burning, now called "arson." Cowell; Blount
  • BERRA
    In old law. A plain; open heath. Cowell.
  • BERRY, OR BURY
    A villa or seat of habitation of a nobleman; a dwelling or mansion house; a sanctuary.
  • BERTILLON SYSTEM
    A method of anthropometry, used chiefly for the identification of criminals and other persons, consisting of the taking and recording of a system of numerous, minute, and uniform measurements of various parts of the human body, absolutely and in relation to each other, the facial, cranial, and other angles, and More...
  • BERTON
    A large farm; the barn-yard of a large farm.
  • BES
    Lat. In the Roman law. A division of the as, or pound, consisting of eight uncia, or duodecimal parts, and amounting to two-thirds of the as. 2 Bl. Comm. 462, note tn. Two-thirds of an inheritance. Inst. 2, 14, 5. Eight per cent, interest. 2 Bl. Comm. ubl supra.
  • BESAILE, BESAYLE
    The great-grandfather, proavus. 1 Bl. Comm. 186.
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