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Definition of Benevolences These were a mode of early taxation. They purported to be voluntary loans, but were in fact forced contributions not intended to be repaid. They were afterwards levied as an anticipation of the lawful revenue. In 1628, by the Bill of Rights, they were prohibited […]

Definition of Benignae Faciendae Sunt Interpretationes Et Verba Intention Debent Inservire Liberal interpretation should be the rule, and the words should be made to carry out the intention Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Benignae Faciendae Sunt […]

Definition of Beaumont V. Reeve ((1846), 8 Q. B. D. 483). A moral obligation is no consideration. The defendant promised the plaintiff in view of past cohabitation to pay her an annuity. Held, there was no contract Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription […]

Definition of Benjamin V. Storr ((1874), L. R. 9 C. P. 400). An action will lie for a public nuisance by a person who has been affected differently from the rest of the public. The plaintiff was a coffee-house keeper in Rose Street, Coven t Garden, and the access to his premises was blocked by…

Definition of Bedford Level. A district in the Eastern Counties, formerly known as the Great Level of the Fens, the draining of which was begun in 1634 by Francis, Earl of BedfordA Register was instituted for deeds relating to lands comprised in the Level Browse You might be interested in […]

Definition of Bequest A gift of personal property by will. A residuary bequest is a gift of the residue of the testator’s personal estate. A specific bequest is a bequest of property of a certain kind, e.g., a watch Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription […]

Definition of Behn V. Burness ((1863), 3 B. & s. 751). The plaintiff, a shipowner, sued the defendant, who had chartered a ship from him, for not loading. The charterparty stated that the ship was now m the port of Amsterdam, when in fact it was not. Held, the representation was a condition […]

Definition of Berne Convention, 1886 An international convention for the protection of literary and artistic copyright. It was revised at Berlin in 1908. The Copyright Act was passed in 1911 Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Berne Convention, 1886 […]

Definition of Belfast Ropeworks V. Bushell ([1918] 1 K. B. 210). A common earner is one who holds himself out to all and sundry as willing to carry goods for a reasonable hireBushell was an automobile engineer and haulage contractor. If offers to carry did not suit him, he refused them. Goods […]

Definition of Bernina, The ((1888), L. R. 13 A. C. 1). This case refuted the doctrine of identification, i. e., that a passenger in an omnibus, or on a ship, is barred from any remedy for injury sustained in an accident, or collision, due to the negligence of the driver, or master and crew, as…