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Behoof
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Behoof1) As a word of discourse, signifies need. 2) In the law sense of the word, it signifies use, service, profit, advantage.
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Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Use
1) Estates. A confidence reposed in another, who was made tenant of the land or terre tenant, that he should dispose of the land according to the intention of the cestui que use, or him to whose use it was granted, and suffer him to take the profits. 2) Civil law. A right of receiving so much of the natural profits of a thing as is necessary to daily sustenance; it differs from usufruct, which is a right not only to use but to enjoy.
Service
1) Contracts. The being employed to serve another. 2) Feudal law. That duty which the tenant owes to his lord, by reason of his fee or estate. 3) Practice. To execute a writ or process; as, to serve a writ of capias signifies to arrest a defendant under the process;
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Beaufort wind force scale
A table describing wind forces in numbers (from 1 to 17), ranging from calm to hurricane conditions and providing specifications for each such wind force at sea and on land, giving equivalent mean speeds in knots, statute miles per hour, meters per second and mean wind force in pounds per square foot at standard density.
Bedel
English law. A cryer or messenger of a court, who cites men to appear and answer. There are also inferior officers of a parish or liberty who bear this name.
Bee
The name of a well known insect.
Beggar
One who obtains his livelihood by asking alms.
Behaviour
In old English, haviour without the prefix be. It is the manner of having, holding, or keeping one's self or the carriage of one's self with respect to propriety, morals, and the requirements of law. Surety to be of -good behaviour is a larger requirement than surety to keep the peace.
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Belief
Conviction of mind, founded on evidence, that a fact exists - that an act was done, that a statement is true.
Belong
In statutes referring to inhabitancy, the poor, etc., designates the place of a person's legal settlement, not merely his place of residence.
Below
Lower in place, beneath, not so high as some other thing spoken of, of tacitly referred to.
Bench
The large, usually long and wide desk raised above the level of the rest of the courtroom, at which the judge or panel of judges sit.
Bench trial
(Also known as court trial.) Trial without a jury in which a judge decides the facts.
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Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Use
1) Estates. A confidence reposed in another, who was made tenant of the land or terre tenant, that he should dispose of the land according to the intention of the cestui que use, or him to whose use it was granted, and suffer him to take the profits. 2) Civil law. A right of receiving so much of the natural profits of a thing as is necessary to daily sustenance; it differs from usufruct, which is a right not only to use but to enjoy.
Service
1) Contracts. The being employed to serve another. 2) Feudal law. That duty which the tenant owes to his lord, by reason of his fee or estate. 3) Practice. To execute a writ or process; as, to serve a writ of capias signifies to arrest a defendant under the process;
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Beaufort wind force scale
A table describing wind forces in numbers (from 1 to 17), ranging from calm to hurricane conditions and providing specifications for each such wind force at sea and on land, giving equivalent mean speeds in knots, statute miles per hour, meters per second and mean wind force in pounds per square foot at standard density.
Bedel
English law. A cryer or messenger of a court, who cites men to appear and answer. There are also inferior officers of a parish or liberty who bear this name.
Bee
The name of a well known insect.
Beggar
One who obtains his livelihood by asking alms.
Behaviour
In old English, haviour without the prefix be. It is the manner of having, holding, or keeping one's self or the carriage of one's self with respect to propriety, morals, and the requirements of law. Surety to be of -good behaviour is a larger requirement than surety to keep the peace.
Behoof
Belief
Conviction of mind, founded on evidence, that a fact exists - that an act was done, that a statement is true.
Belong
In statutes referring to inhabitancy, the poor, etc., designates the place of a person's legal settlement, not merely his place of residence.
Below
Lower in place, beneath, not so high as some other thing spoken of, of tacitly referred to.
Bench
The large, usually long and wide desk raised above the level of the rest of the courtroom, at which the judge or panel of judges sit.
Bench trial
(Also known as court trial.) Trial without a jury in which a judge decides the facts.
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