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Full of chits or sprouts.

tor to his creditor, to one of several debts which are due from the former to the latter. Chitty.

der may himself be the payee. The bill itself is frequently called a draft. See Exchange. Chitty. -- Bill of fare, a written or printed enumeration of the dishes served at a public table, or of the dishes (with prices annexed) which may be ordered at a restaurant, etc. -- Bill of health, a certificate from the proper…

w), any contract not of record or under seal, whether oral or written; a simple contract. Chitty. Story.

d to the consideration for it, or the corresponding duty of the party to whom it is made. Chitty. Parsons. Burrill.

y contract, whether verbal or written, which is not of record or under seal. J. W. Smith. Chitty. -- Simple equation (Alg.), an eqyation containing but one unknown quantity, and that quantity only in the first degree. -- Simple eye (Zoöl.), an eye having a single lens; -- opposed to Ant: compound eye. -- Simple inte…

ract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt particularly specified. Chitty. Bouvier. Wharton (Law Dict.). Let specialties be therefore drawn between us. Shak.

agent to transact the whole, or a part, of the business intrusted to the latter. Bouvier. Chitty.

y sold by delivering something else as a symbol, token, or representative of it. Bouvier. Chitty. -- Symbolical philosophy, the philosophy expressed by hieroglyphics.

anty of title, but, as to the quality of goods, the rule of every sale is, Caveat emptor. Chitty. Bouvier.