Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-06-11
For the Free Press
A NEW LAW DICTIONA Vary,
or Jacobs Illustrated.
By GODFREY GRANT, ATTORNEY.

BGAMy-is defined in the books as being a doullc
marriage" But the definition seems somewhat tauo.
logical SINCE every marriage implies duality, aud, per-
hops, faint shade OF duplicy. The term may be
better explained as sort OF compound doube-dcal-
ing and consists in persons having two husbands
two wives living Mt the time. This offence IS
| rarely committed from malice prepcnsc, but usually
results from culpabe carelessuess about incidents
and datcs-of which. Notwithstanding the helps at
tordcd by the admirable system OF Prot Gouraud,
many people are unhappy oblivious The old dicfum
OF the more the mcrricr' cannot be cited in defence
OF bigamy,-having, obviously, no application to tho
subject Bgamy, by the ecclesiastical Iaw Is made
very grave offence, and punished with canonicai d.sa-
bilitics. BY canon OF the Council OF Lyons \. D
1874, bgnmy defined to consist in marrying two
virgins successfully, or in once marrying widow
1t will be observed that the OF the Fathers does
not 90 III length OF the swivel OF Mr.. Samuel Wei
Ter, sen. who seems to have shot little beyond tho
mark in asserting that "von vidder is wors q nor
twenty virgins while the Fathers, more cayt6us-
y make the ratio of hazard as one to two.
Bgamy by marrying two virgins successfully IS
said to be very inirequent especially
g. in climates near the SUM-
fact which is attributable much to the disa-
biities which threatened as to those which exist
Bills a term Diversity used in law proceedings
One kind OF bill is described containing the facts
complained of--the damage sustained-and the petit
ton for relief" This sort OF bill is very common
The facts" consist, usually, of " Items the impor-
lance OF which is numerically expressed in tive night;
hand margin of the bill, and the damage" will be
found IN the same line, the bottom of the bill.
The petition for relief in which is bu, too com.
mon IN law papers, there is often painful aud -mc-
times useless amount OF repetition is generally ex-
pressed by parol. As this of bill is a matter of
which every tailor knows much Us a chancellor uY-
ther explanation is deemed superfluous.
| BILL Of Sefttemcnt-alias Act Of Settlement Bill,
OF settlement not to be COMPOUNDED with the - tile
| mcnt OF bls-which is very different thing Paria-
| mcnts being omnpotcnt enact the former as
easy ms lying' while the latter which is individual
| and purseonal process, s often extremely difficult
| BILLS, counterfeit. The uttering and passing Of
false and spurious bills is made felony by the law
| Members OF Congress however, seem to be as indie
pendent of the law Necessity herset-and a, every
session, pass vast number of bad bills upon the unso-
phstcatcd inhabitants of" Buncombe "-besiles ut
tering with IMMUNITY any spurious thing they have
mind to- The ranking privilege" is certainly grown
somewhat extensive when license to Ego free is ac-
corded not only a Senator's tonguc and its printed
products but also to the gentleman himself!
BuIlNGsGArE--a famous fish market in England,
! regulated by statute. See Sc &. Ill, c. lis. This
market is kept or the most part by matrons who
justly celebrated for the painness OF their English
| They are said to scom all ilatery-to call men and
! things by their right Names and converse with
conscientious direcness and decision OF speech which
cannot be much admired in contras, the crafty
circumocutons and trcacherous Antiquities OF tvs
Delphc Oracles, in ancient, and the Diplomatic IN
| modern times. The vernacuar OF the fish women is
spoken in its purity only by themselves though
indifferent imitation is sometimes heard in the Com
! gross OF the United States