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  • AYLE
    See AIEL.
  • AYRE
    In old Scotch law. Eyre; a circuit, eyre, or iter.
  • AYUNTAMIENTO
    In Spanish law. A congress of persons; the municipal council of a city or town. 1 White, Coll. 416; Friedman v. Goodwin, 9 Fed. Cas. 818.
  • AZURE
    A term used in heraldry, signifying blue.
  • B.
    The second letter of the English alphabet; is used to denote the second of a series of pages, notes, etc.; the subsequent letters, the third and following numbers.
  • B. C.
    An abbreviation for "before Christ," "bail court," "bankruptcy cases," and "British Columbia."
  • B. E.
    An abbreviation for "Baron of the Court of Exchequer."
  • B. F.
    An abbreviation for bonum factum, a good or proper act, deed, or decree; signifies "approved."
  • B. R.
    An abbreviation for Bancus Regis, (King's Bench,) or Bancus Regina, (Queen's Bench.) It is frequently found in the old books as a designation of that court. In more recent usage, the initial letters of the English names are ordinarily employed, i. e., K. B. or Q. B.
  • B. S.
    Bancus Superior, that is, upper bench.
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