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The bark of the roots of the azedarach, used as a cathartic and emetic.

the property and pay the consideration. A contract is a bargain that is legally binding. Wharton.

The crime of a judge who is influenced by bribery in pronouncing judgment. Wharton.

The procreation of a bastard child. Wharton.

Descriptive of the ocean depth; as, a bathygraphic chart.

digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic.

The offense of marrying one person when already legally married to another. Wharton.

igned to circulate as money. No State shall "emit bills of credit." U. S. Const. Peters. Wharton. Bouvier (b) Among merchants, a letter sent by an agent or other person to a merchant, desiring him to give credit to the bearer for goods or money. -- Bill of divorce, in the Jewish law, a writing given by the husband to…

of admiralty law, of the highest authority, compiled in the reign of Edw. III. Bouvier. Wharton.

ate as politically organized, or as exercising political functions; also, a corporation. Wharton. As to the persons who compose the body politic or associate themselves, they take collectively the name of "people", or "nation". Bouvier. -- Body servant, a valet. -- The bodies seven (Alchemy), the metals corresponding…

rate or discover everything important. Chaucer. This bolts the matter fairly to the bran. Harte. The report of the committee was examined and sifted and bolted to the bran. Burke.

ited, and the obligor and his heirs are liable to the payment of the whole sum. Bouvier. Wharton.

A premium given for a loan, or for a charter or other privilege granted to a company; as the bank paid a bonus for its charter. Bouvier.

Charter land held by deed under certain rents and free services, which differed in nothing from free socage lands. This species of tenure has given rise to the modern freeholds.

bs a neighborhood by brawling (and is therefore indictable at common law as a nuisance). Wharton.

A tracing or chart showing the phenomena attendant on thunderstorms.

alba and B. dioica). It is a white, or slightly colored, substance, and is emetic and cathartic.

. The root of B. alba (rough or white bryony) and of B. dioica is a strong, irritating cathartic. Black bryony, a plant (Tamus communis) so named from its dark glossy leaves and black root; black bindweed.

intent to commit a felony therein, whether the felonious purpose be accomplished or not. Wharton. Burrill.

, which shows where, when, and by what authority, it taken, found, or executed. Bouvier. Wharton.