Law Dictionary Definitions

bill to carry a decree into execution.See BILL(2).[Blacks Law 8th]

bill taken pro confesso (proh k<<schwa>>n-fes-oh). [Latin “as if admitted”] Hist. An order issued by a court of equity when a defendant fails to file an answer.[Blacks Law 8th]

bill of sight.Maritime law. A declaration made to a customs officer by an importer who is unsure about what is being shipped. • The bill of sight allows an importer to inspect the goods before paying duties.[Blacks Law 8th]

bill status.The current state of a proposed law in the legislative process, such as its assignment to a committee, its schedule for a hearing or a vote, and its passage or defeat by one or both houses.[Blacks Law 8th]

bills in a set.A bill of lading made up of a series of independent parts, each bearing a number and providing that goods delivered against any one part voids the other parts. • Traditionally, in overseas-goods shipments, the parts of this type of bill were sent under separate cover so that if one was lost,…

bill quia timet.See BILL(2).[Blacks Law 8th]

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

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

bills and notes.1.PAPER(1).2.PAPER(2).[Blacks Law 8th]

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]