BILL OF SUFFERANCE

bill of sufferance.Hist. A license authorizing a merchant to trade between English ports without paying customs duties.[Blacks Law 8th]

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BILL OF STORE

bill of store.Hist. A license authorizing a merchant to carry necessary stores and provisions free of duty.[Blacks Law 8th]

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BILL OF SALE

bill of sale.An instrument for conveying title to personal property, absolutely or by way of security. Cf. DEED. [Cases: Sales  141, 215. C.J.S. Sales § 215.][Blacks Law 8th]

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BILL OF RIGHTS

bill of rights. 1. (usu. cap.) A section or addendum, usu. in a constitution, defining the situations in which a politically organized society will permit free, spontaneous, and individual activity, and guaranteeing that governmental powers will not be used in certain ways; esp., the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution. [Cases: Constitutional Law  82(2).…

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