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Brief
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BriefEcclesiastical law. The name of a kind of papal rescript. Briefs are writings sealed with wax, and differ in this respect from bulls, which are scaled with lead.
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Ecclesiastical
Belonging to, or set apart for the church.
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.
Name
One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin.
Rescript
Conv. A counterpart.
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Brief of title
Practice, conveyancing. An abridgment of all the patents, deeds, indentures, agreements, records, and papers relating to certain real estate.
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Breviarium
The name of a code of laws of Alaric II., king of the Visigoths.
Brevibus et rotulis liberandis
English law. A writ or mandate directed to a sheriff, commanding him to deliver to his successor the county and the appurtenances, with all the briefs, rolls, remembrances, and all other things belonging to his office.
Bribe
Criminal law. The gift or promise, which is accepted, of some advantage, as the inducement for some illegal act or omission; or of some illegal emolument, as a consideration, for preferring one person to another, in the performance of a legal act.
Bribery
To offer money in exchange for favorite treatment or to compel or influence some action. Official (government employee or elected official) bribery involves a promise for acting or withholding some official act. Official bribery (Corruption) is unlawful in most cultures. Commercial Bribery is known as "facilitating payments" in some cultures and is not a crime in most cultures, although it often is against the organization's policies and procedures.
Bribour
One that pilfers other men's goods; a thief.
Brief
Brief of title
Practice, conveyancing. An abridgment of all the patents, deeds, indentures, agreements, records, and papers relating to certain real estate.
Bringing money into court
The act of depositing money in the hands of the proper officer of the court, for the purpose of satisfying a debt or duty, or of an interpleader.
Brocage
Contracts. The wages or commissions of a broker his occupation is also sometimes called brocage.
Brokerage
Contracts. The trade or occupation of a broker; the commissions paid to a broker for his services.
Brothels
Criminal law. Bawdy-houses, the common habitations of prostitutes; such places have always been deemed common nuisances in the United States, and the keepers of them may be fined and imprisoned.
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Ecclesiastical
Belonging to, or set apart for the church.
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.
Name
One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin.
Rescript
Conv. A counterpart.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Brief of title
Practice, conveyancing. An abridgment of all the patents, deeds, indentures, agreements, records, and papers relating to certain real estate.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Breviarium
The name of a code of laws of Alaric II., king of the Visigoths.
Brevibus et rotulis liberandis
English law. A writ or mandate directed to a sheriff, commanding him to deliver to his successor the county and the appurtenances, with all the briefs, rolls, remembrances, and all other things belonging to his office.
Bribe
Criminal law. The gift or promise, which is accepted, of some advantage, as the inducement for some illegal act or omission; or of some illegal emolument, as a consideration, for preferring one person to another, in the performance of a legal act.
Bribery
To offer money in exchange for favorite treatment or to compel or influence some action. Official (government employee or elected official) bribery involves a promise for acting or withholding some official act. Official bribery (Corruption) is unlawful in most cultures. Commercial Bribery is known as "facilitating payments" in some cultures and is not a crime in most cultures, although it often is against the organization's policies and procedures.
Bribour
One that pilfers other men's goods; a thief.
Brief
Brief of title
Practice, conveyancing. An abridgment of all the patents, deeds, indentures, agreements, records, and papers relating to certain real estate.
Bringing money into court
The act of depositing money in the hands of the proper officer of the court, for the purpose of satisfying a debt or duty, or of an interpleader.
Brocage
Contracts. The wages or commissions of a broker his occupation is also sometimes called brocage.
Brokerage
Contracts. The trade or occupation of a broker; the commissions paid to a broker for his services.
Brothels
Criminal law. Bawdy-houses, the common habitations of prostitutes; such places have always been deemed common nuisances in the United States, and the keepers of them may be fined and imprisoned.
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