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BooksCommerce, accounts. Merchants, traders, and other persons, who are desirous of understanding their affairs, and of explaining them when necessary, keep, 1. a day book; 2. a journal; 3. a ledger; 4. a letter book; 5. an invoice book; 6. a cash book; 7. a bill book; 8. a bank book; and 9. a cheek book. The reader is referred to these several articles
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Commerce
Latin commercium. In its simplest signification, an exchange of goods; but in the advancement of society, labor, transportation, itelligence, care and various mediums of exchange, become commodities and enter into commerce. Gibbens v. Ogden, 9 Wheat. 1, 229 (1824), Marshall, Chief Justice. The interchange or mutual change of goods, productions, or property of any kind, between nations or individuals.
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.
Book
A general name given to every literary composition which is printed; but appropriately to a printed composition bound in a volume.
Journal
1) Maitim law. The book kept on board of a ship or other vessel, which contains an account of the ship's course, with a short history of every occurrence during the voyage. Another name for logbook. 2) Common law. A book used among merchants, in which the contents of the waste-book are separated every month, and entered on the debtor and creditor side, for more convenient posting in the ledger. 3) Legislation. An account of the proceedings of a legislative body. The Constitution of the United States, directs that "each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings; and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may, in their judgment, require secrecy."
Ledger
Commerce, accounts, evidence. A book in which are inscribed the names of all persons dealing with the person who keeps it, and in which there is a separate account, composed generally of one or more pages for each.
Letter
1) Common law, criminal law. An epistle; a despatch; a written message, usually on paper, which is folded up and sealed, sent by one person to another. 2) Contracts. In the civil law, locator, and in the French law, locateur, loueur, or bailleur, is he who, being the owner of a thing, lets it out to another for hire or compensation. 3) Civil law. The answer which the prince gave to questions of law which had been submitted to him by magistrates, was called letters or epistles. 4) Missive, English law. After a bill has been filed against a peer or peeress, or lord of parliament, a petition is presented to the lord chancellor for his letter, called a letter missive, which requests the defendant to appear and answer to the bill. A neglect to attend to this, places the defendant, in relation to such suit, on the same ground as other defendants, who are not peers, and a subpoena may then issue.
Invoice
Commerce. An account of goods or merchandise sent by merchants to their correspondents at home or abroad, in which the marks of each package, with other particulars, are set forth. An invoice ought to contain a detailed statement, which should indicate the nature, quantity, quality, and price of the things sold, deposited
Cash
Commerce. Money on hand, which a merchant, trader or other person has to do business with.
Bill
1) Legislation. An instrument drawn or presented by a member or committee to a legislative body for its approbation and enactment. After it has gone through both houses and received the constitutional sanction of the chief magistrate, where such approbation is requisite, it becomes a law. 2) Merchant law. An account containing the items of goods sold, or of work done by one person against another. 3) Contracts. A bill or obligation, is a deed whereby the obligor acknowledges himself to owe unto the obligee a certain sum of money or some other thing, in which, besides the names of the parties, are to be considered the sum or thing due, the time, place, and manner of payment or delivery thereof. It may be indented, or poll, and with or without a penalty.
Bank
Com. law. 1) A place for the deposit of money. 2) An institution, generally incorporated, authorized to receive deposits of money, to lend money, and to issue promissory notes, usually known by the name of bank notes.
Several
A state of separation or partition. A several agreement or cove-nant, is one entered into by two or more persons separately, each binding himself for the whole; a several action is one in which two or more persons are separately charged; a several inheritance, is one conveyed so as to descend, or come to two persons separately by moieties. Several is usually opposed to joint.
Articles
1) A division in some books. In agreements and other writings, for the sake of perspicuity, the subjects are divided into parts, paragraphs, or articles. 2) Ecclesiastical law. A complaint in the form of a libel, ex hibited to an ecclesiastical court.
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Book
A general name given to every literary composition which is printed; but appropriately to a printed composition bound in a volume.
Book-land
English law. Land, also called charter-land, which was held by deed under certain rents and fee services, and differed in nothing from free socage land.
Booking
The process of photographing, fingerprinting, and recording identifying data of a suspect. This process follows the arrest.
Booking note
An undertaking whereby a carrier notifies a shipper that space has been reserved for the carriage of the shipper's goods aboard a particular vessel.
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Bonus
Contracts. A premium paid to a grantor or vendor. A consideration given for what is received.
Book
A general name given to every literary composition which is printed; but appropriately to a printed composition bound in a volume.
Booking
The process of photographing, fingerprinting, and recording identifying data of a suspect. This process follows the arrest.
Booking note
An undertaking whereby a carrier notifies a shipper that space has been reserved for the carriage of the shipper's goods aboard a particular vessel.
Book-land
English law. Land, also called charter-land, which was held by deed under certain rents and fee services, and differed in nothing from free socage land.
Books
Bootless
Bootless or boteless. Without recompense, reward or satisfaction made unprofitable or without success.
Booty
War. The capture of personal property by a public enemy on land, in contradistinction to prize, which is a capture of such property by such an enemy, on the sea.
Border crosser
An alien resident of the United States reentering the country after an absence of less than six months in Canada or Mexico, or a nonresident alien entering the United States across the Canadian border for stays of no more than six months or across the Mexican border for stays of no more than 72 hours.
Born out of wedlock
Born of parents who were not married at the time of birth.
Borough
An incorporated town; so called in the charter. It is less than a city.
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Commerce
Latin commercium. In its simplest signification, an exchange of goods; but in the advancement of society, labor, transportation, itelligence, care and various mediums of exchange, become commodities and enter into commerce. Gibbens v. Ogden, 9 Wheat. 1, 229 (1824), Marshall, Chief Justice. The interchange or mutual change of goods, productions, or property of any kind, between nations or individuals.
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.
Book
A general name given to every literary composition which is printed; but appropriately to a printed composition bound in a volume.
Journal
1) Maitim law. The book kept on board of a ship or other vessel, which contains an account of the ship's course, with a short history of every occurrence during the voyage. Another name for logbook. 2) Common law. A book used among merchants, in which the contents of the waste-book are separated every month, and entered on the debtor and creditor side, for more convenient posting in the ledger. 3) Legislation. An account of the proceedings of a legislative body. The Constitution of the United States, directs that "each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings; and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may, in their judgment, require secrecy."
Ledger
Commerce, accounts, evidence. A book in which are inscribed the names of all persons dealing with the person who keeps it, and in which there is a separate account, composed generally of one or more pages for each.
Letter
1) Common law, criminal law. An epistle; a despatch; a written message, usually on paper, which is folded up and sealed, sent by one person to another. 2) Contracts. In the civil law, locator, and in the French law, locateur, loueur, or bailleur, is he who, being the owner of a thing, lets it out to another for hire or compensation. 3) Civil law. The answer which the prince gave to questions of law which had been submitted to him by magistrates, was called letters or epistles. 4) Missive, English law. After a bill has been filed against a peer or peeress, or lord of parliament, a petition is presented to the lord chancellor for his letter, called a letter missive, which requests the defendant to appear and answer to the bill. A neglect to attend to this, places the defendant, in relation to such suit, on the same ground as other defendants, who are not peers, and a subpoena may then issue.
Invoice
Commerce. An account of goods or merchandise sent by merchants to their correspondents at home or abroad, in which the marks of each package, with other particulars, are set forth. An invoice ought to contain a detailed statement, which should indicate the nature, quantity, quality, and price of the things sold, deposited
Cash
Commerce. Money on hand, which a merchant, trader or other person has to do business with.
Bill
1) Legislation. An instrument drawn or presented by a member or committee to a legislative body for its approbation and enactment. After it has gone through both houses and received the constitutional sanction of the chief magistrate, where such approbation is requisite, it becomes a law. 2) Merchant law. An account containing the items of goods sold, or of work done by one person against another. 3) Contracts. A bill or obligation, is a deed whereby the obligor acknowledges himself to owe unto the obligee a certain sum of money or some other thing, in which, besides the names of the parties, are to be considered the sum or thing due, the time, place, and manner of payment or delivery thereof. It may be indented, or poll, and with or without a penalty.
Bank
Com. law. 1) A place for the deposit of money. 2) An institution, generally incorporated, authorized to receive deposits of money, to lend money, and to issue promissory notes, usually known by the name of bank notes.
Several
A state of separation or partition. A several agreement or cove-nant, is one entered into by two or more persons separately, each binding himself for the whole; a several action is one in which two or more persons are separately charged; a several inheritance, is one conveyed so as to descend, or come to two persons separately by moieties. Several is usually opposed to joint.
Articles
1) A division in some books. In agreements and other writings, for the sake of perspicuity, the subjects are divided into parts, paragraphs, or articles. 2) Ecclesiastical law. A complaint in the form of a libel, ex hibited to an ecclesiastical court.
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Book
A general name given to every literary composition which is printed; but appropriately to a printed composition bound in a volume.
Book-land
English law. Land, also called charter-land, which was held by deed under certain rents and fee services, and differed in nothing from free socage land.
Booking
The process of photographing, fingerprinting, and recording identifying data of a suspect. This process follows the arrest.
Booking note
An undertaking whereby a carrier notifies a shipper that space has been reserved for the carriage of the shipper's goods aboard a particular vessel.
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Bonus
Contracts. A premium paid to a grantor or vendor. A consideration given for what is received.
Book
A general name given to every literary composition which is printed; but appropriately to a printed composition bound in a volume.
Booking
The process of photographing, fingerprinting, and recording identifying data of a suspect. This process follows the arrest.
Booking note
An undertaking whereby a carrier notifies a shipper that space has been reserved for the carriage of the shipper's goods aboard a particular vessel.
Book-land
English law. Land, also called charter-land, which was held by deed under certain rents and fee services, and differed in nothing from free socage land.
Books
Bootless
Bootless or boteless. Without recompense, reward or satisfaction made unprofitable or without success.
Booty
War. The capture of personal property by a public enemy on land, in contradistinction to prize, which is a capture of such property by such an enemy, on the sea.
Border crosser
An alien resident of the United States reentering the country after an absence of less than six months in Canada or Mexico, or a nonresident alien entering the United States across the Canadian border for stays of no more than six months or across the Mexican border for stays of no more than 72 hours.
Born out of wedlock
Born of parents who were not married at the time of birth.
Borough
An incorporated town; so called in the charter. It is less than a city.
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