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Black mail
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Black mailWhen rents were reserved payable in work, grain, and the like, they were called reditus nigri, or black mail, to distinguish them from white rents or blanch farms, or such as were paid in money.
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When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.
Were
The name of a fine among the Saxons imposed upon a murderer
Mail
This word, derived from the French malle, a trunk, signifies the bag, valise, or other contrivance used in conveying through the post office, letters, packets, newspapers, pamphlets, and the like, from place to place, under the authority of the United States. The things thus carried are also called the mail.
Money
Gold, silver, and some other less precious metals, in the progress of civilization and commerce, have become the common standards of value; in order to avoid the delay and inconvenience of regulating their weight and quality whenever passed, the governments of the civilized world have caused them to be manufactured in certain portions, and marked with a Stamp which attests their value; this is called money.
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Black book of the admiralty
An ancient book compiled in the reign of Edw. III. At large, a view of the crimes and offences cognizable in the admiralty; ordinances and commentaries on matters of prize and maritime torts, injuries and contracts
Black book of the exchequer
The name of a book kept in the English exchequer, containing a collection of treaties) conventions, charters.
Black farmer lawsuit
A lawsuit by means of which a black farmer or a group of black farmers seek justice.
Black Guerrilla Family
In the US penitentiary slang, an African-American prison gang that originted as a revolutionary organization.
Black-mail
French maille, a small coin. Rent reserved in work, grain, or the baser money. Opposed, white rent: rent paid in silver. In common parlance, extortion - the exaction of money for the performance of a duty, the prevention of an injury, or the exercise of an influence.
Blacke booke of the admiralty
The name given by Sir Travers Twiss to the first volume of his four-volume collection, containing a variety of medieval maritime law materials, probably first compiled in the mid-fifteenth century during the reign of King Henry VI. In particular, the Blacke Booke of the Admiralty contains a version of the Rôles of Oleron.
Blacking
A practice used by certain seafarers' trades union against flag-of-convenience shipowners to compel them, by measures causing economic duress.
Blackstone, Sir William
Born July 10, 1723. In 1765 appeared the first volume of his commentaries. The other three volumes were published during the next four years. He died February 14, 1780. American lawyers, with few exceptions, since the Revolution, have drawn their first lessons in jurisprudence from Blackstone's Commentaries.
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Bisaile
Domestic relations. A corruption of the French word besaieul, the father of the grandfather or grandmother.
Bishop
An ecclesiastical officer, who is the chief of the clergy of his diocese, and is the archbishop's assistant.
Bishoprick
Ecclesiastical law. The extent of country over which a bishop has jurisdiction a see; a diocese.
Black book of the admiralty
An ancient book compiled in the reign of Edw. III. At large, a view of the crimes and offences cognizable in the admiralty; ordinances and commentaries on matters of prize and maritime torts, injuries and contracts
Black book of the exchequer
The name of a book kept in the English exchequer, containing a collection of treaties) conventions, charters.
Black mail
Blacke booke of the admiralty
The name given by Sir Travers Twiss to the first volume of his four-volume collection, containing a variety of medieval maritime law materials, probably first compiled in the mid-fifteenth century during the reign of King Henry VI. In particular, the Blacke Booke of the Admiralty contains a version of the Rôles of Oleron.
Blacking
A practice used by certain seafarers' trades union against flag-of-convenience shipowners to compel them, by measures causing economic duress.
Black-mail
French maille, a small coin. Rent reserved in work, grain, or the baser money. Opposed, white rent: rent paid in silver. In common parlance, extortion - the exaction of money for the performance of a duty, the prevention of an injury, or the exercise of an influence.
Blackstone, Sir William
Born July 10, 1723. In 1765 appeared the first volume of his commentaries. The other three volumes were published during the next four years. He died February 14, 1780. American lawyers, with few exceptions, since the Revolution, have drawn their first lessons in jurisprudence from Blackstone's Commentaries.
Blanch firmes
The same as white rent.
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When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.
Were
The name of a fine among the Saxons imposed upon a murderer
This word, derived from the French malle, a trunk, signifies the bag, valise, or other contrivance used in conveying through the post office, letters, packets, newspapers, pamphlets, and the like, from place to place, under the authority of the United States. The things thus carried are also called the mail.
Money
Gold, silver, and some other less precious metals, in the progress of civilization and commerce, have become the common standards of value; in order to avoid the delay and inconvenience of regulating their weight and quality whenever passed, the governments of the civilized world have caused them to be manufactured in certain portions, and marked with a Stamp which attests their value; this is called money.
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Black book of the admiralty
An ancient book compiled in the reign of Edw. III. At large, a view of the crimes and offences cognizable in the admiralty; ordinances and commentaries on matters of prize and maritime torts, injuries and contracts
Black book of the exchequer
The name of a book kept in the English exchequer, containing a collection of treaties) conventions, charters.
Black farmer lawsuit
A lawsuit by means of which a black farmer or a group of black farmers seek justice.
Black Guerrilla Family
In the US penitentiary slang, an African-American prison gang that originted as a revolutionary organization.
Black-mail
French maille, a small coin. Rent reserved in work, grain, or the baser money. Opposed, white rent: rent paid in silver. In common parlance, extortion - the exaction of money for the performance of a duty, the prevention of an injury, or the exercise of an influence.
Blacke booke of the admiralty
The name given by Sir Travers Twiss to the first volume of his four-volume collection, containing a variety of medieval maritime law materials, probably first compiled in the mid-fifteenth century during the reign of King Henry VI. In particular, the Blacke Booke of the Admiralty contains a version of the Rôles of Oleron.
Blacking
A practice used by certain seafarers' trades union against flag-of-convenience shipowners to compel them, by measures causing economic duress.
Blackstone, Sir William
Born July 10, 1723. In 1765 appeared the first volume of his commentaries. The other three volumes were published during the next four years. He died February 14, 1780. American lawyers, with few exceptions, since the Revolution, have drawn their first lessons in jurisprudence from Blackstone's Commentaries.
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Bisaile
Domestic relations. A corruption of the French word besaieul, the father of the grandfather or grandmother.
Bishop
An ecclesiastical officer, who is the chief of the clergy of his diocese, and is the archbishop's assistant.
Bishoprick
Ecclesiastical law. The extent of country over which a bishop has jurisdiction a see; a diocese.
Black book of the admiralty
An ancient book compiled in the reign of Edw. III. At large, a view of the crimes and offences cognizable in the admiralty; ordinances and commentaries on matters of prize and maritime torts, injuries and contracts
Black book of the exchequer
The name of a book kept in the English exchequer, containing a collection of treaties) conventions, charters.
Black mail
Blacke booke of the admiralty
The name given by Sir Travers Twiss to the first volume of his four-volume collection, containing a variety of medieval maritime law materials, probably first compiled in the mid-fifteenth century during the reign of King Henry VI. In particular, the Blacke Booke of the Admiralty contains a version of the Rôles of Oleron.
Blacking
A practice used by certain seafarers' trades union against flag-of-convenience shipowners to compel them, by measures causing economic duress.
Black-mail
French maille, a small coin. Rent reserved in work, grain, or the baser money. Opposed, white rent: rent paid in silver. In common parlance, extortion - the exaction of money for the performance of a duty, the prevention of an injury, or the exercise of an influence.
Blackstone, Sir William
Born July 10, 1723. In 1765 appeared the first volume of his commentaries. The other three volumes were published during the next four years. He died February 14, 1780. American lawyers, with few exceptions, since the Revolution, have drawn their first lessons in jurisprudence from Blackstone's Commentaries.
Blanch firmes
The same as white rent.
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