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  • BILLA
    L. Lat. A bill; an original bill -Billa excambii. A bill of exchange.-Billa exonerationis. A bill of lading.-Billa vera. (A true bill.) In old practice. The indorsement 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 rendered for a defendant on a plea In abatement, 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 civilian'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. Billet d vue, a bill payable at sight. Billet de complaisance, an accommodation bill. Billet de change, an More...
  • BILLETA
    In old English law. A bill or petition exhibited in parliament. Cowell.
  • BI-METALLIC
    Pertaining to, or consisting 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 relation remains in force and virtue, and More...
  • BIND OUT
    To place one under a legal obligation to serve another; as to bind out an apprentice.
  • BINDING OVER
    The act by which a court or magistrate requires a person to enter into a recognizance or furnish bail to appear for trial, to keep tbe peace, to attend as a witness, etc.
  • BIPARTITE
    Consisting of, or divisible into, two parts. A term in conveyancing descriptive of an instrument in two parts, and executed by both parties.
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