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Battel
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BattelIn French Bataille, Old English law. An ancient and barbarous mode of trial, by Bingle combat, called wager of battel, where, in appeals of felony, the appellee might fight with the appellant to prove his innocence.
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Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Trial
Practice., The examination before a competent tribunal, according to the laws, of the land, of the facts put in issue in a cause, for the purpose of determining such issue.
Combat
English law. The form of a forcible encounter between two or more persons or bodies of men; an engagement or battle. A duel.
Wager
1) Wager of Battel. A superstitious mode of trial which till lately disgraced the English law.2) Wager policy.Contracts.One made when the insured has no insurable interest
Battel
In French Bataille, Old English law. An ancient and barbarous mode of trial, by Bingle combat, called wager of battel, where, in appeals of felony, the appellee might fight with the appellant to prove his innocence.
Felony
In some US states, any serious crime for which the possible maximum sentence is more than one year in prison. (Probation can be an alternative to prison in most felony crimes.)
Appellee
Practice. The party in a cause against whom an appeal has been taken.
Appellant
Practice. He who makes an appeal from one jurisdiction to another.
Innocence
The absence of guilt.
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Battery
Latin batuere, to beat. The unlawful beating of another. Any unlawful touching of person of another, either by the agressor or by any person or thing set in motion by him. The least touching of another's person willfully, or in anger, is a battery. The law cannot draw the line between different degrees of violence, and therefore prohibits the first and lowest stage of it - every man's person being sacred and no other having a right to meddle with it in the slightest manner.
Batture
An elevation of the bed of a river under the surface of the water; but it is sometimes used to signify the same elevation when it has risen above the surface.
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Basilica
A ninth century A.D. codification of Byzantine law, compiled under the direction of Emperor Basil I, the Macedonian.
Bastard
An illegitimate child, born in a relationship between two persons that are not married (ie. not in wedlock) or who are not married at the time of the child's birth.
Bastard eigne'
English law. Elder bastard. By the old English law, when, a man had a bastard son, and he afterwards married the mother, and by her had a legitimate son, the first was called a bastard eigne, or, as it is now spelled, aine, and the second son was called puisne, or since born, or sometimes he was called mulier puisne.
Bastardy
1) Criminal law. The offence of begetting a bastard child. 2) Persons. The state or condition of a bastard.
Baston
An old French word, which signifies a staff, or club.
Battel
Battery
Latin batuere, to beat. The unlawful beating of another. Any unlawful touching of person of another, either by the agressor or by any person or thing set in motion by him. The least touching of another's person willfully, or in anger, is a battery. The law cannot draw the line between different degrees of violence, and therefore prohibits the first and lowest stage of it - every man's person being sacred and no other having a right to meddle with it in the slightest manner.
Batture
An elevation of the bed of a river under the surface of the water; but it is sometimes used to signify the same elevation when it has risen above the surface.
Bawdy-house
Criminal law. A house of ill-fame, kept for the resort and unlawful commerce of lewd people of both sexes.
Bay
Is an enclosure to keep in the water for the supply of a mill or other contrivance, so that the water may be able to, drive the wheels of such mill.
Beach
The sea shore.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Trial
Practice., The examination before a competent tribunal, according to the laws, of the land, of the facts put in issue in a cause, for the purpose of determining such issue.
Combat
English law. The form of a forcible encounter between two or more persons or bodies of men; an engagement or battle. A duel.
Wager
1) Wager of Battel. A superstitious mode of trial which till lately disgraced the English law.2) Wager policy.Contracts.One made when the insured has no insurable interest
Battel
In French Bataille, Old English law. An ancient and barbarous mode of trial, by Bingle combat, called wager of battel, where, in appeals of felony, the appellee might fight with the appellant to prove his innocence.
Felony
In some US states, any serious crime for which the possible maximum sentence is more than one year in prison. (Probation can be an alternative to prison in most felony crimes.)
Appellee
Practice. The party in a cause against whom an appeal has been taken.
Appellant
Practice. He who makes an appeal from one jurisdiction to another.
Innocence
The absence of guilt.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Battery
Latin batuere, to beat. The unlawful beating of another. Any unlawful touching of person of another, either by the agressor or by any person or thing set in motion by him. The least touching of another's person willfully, or in anger, is a battery. The law cannot draw the line between different degrees of violence, and therefore prohibits the first and lowest stage of it - every man's person being sacred and no other having a right to meddle with it in the slightest manner.
Batture
An elevation of the bed of a river under the surface of the water; but it is sometimes used to signify the same elevation when it has risen above the surface.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Basilica
A ninth century A.D. codification of Byzantine law, compiled under the direction of Emperor Basil I, the Macedonian.
Bastard
An illegitimate child, born in a relationship between two persons that are not married (ie. not in wedlock) or who are not married at the time of the child's birth.
Bastard eigne'
English law. Elder bastard. By the old English law, when, a man had a bastard son, and he afterwards married the mother, and by her had a legitimate son, the first was called a bastard eigne, or, as it is now spelled, aine, and the second son was called puisne, or since born, or sometimes he was called mulier puisne.
Bastardy
1) Criminal law. The offence of begetting a bastard child. 2) Persons. The state or condition of a bastard.
Baston
An old French word, which signifies a staff, or club.
Battel
Battery
Latin batuere, to beat. The unlawful beating of another. Any unlawful touching of person of another, either by the agressor or by any person or thing set in motion by him. The least touching of another's person willfully, or in anger, is a battery. The law cannot draw the line between different degrees of violence, and therefore prohibits the first and lowest stage of it - every man's person being sacred and no other having a right to meddle with it in the slightest manner.
Batture
An elevation of the bed of a river under the surface of the water; but it is sometimes used to signify the same elevation when it has risen above the surface.
Bawdy-house
Criminal law. A house of ill-fame, kept for the resort and unlawful commerce of lewd people of both sexes.
Bay
Is an enclosure to keep in the water for the supply of a mill or other contrivance, so that the water may be able to, drive the wheels of such mill.
Beach
The sea shore.
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