ignable (_see Negotiable_).
Assistance, writs of, in Massachusetts.
Assize of Arms.
Assize of Bread and Beer.
Association, freedom of (see _Combination_), is guaranteed in
Switzerland.
Atheism does not disqualify a witness.
Austin's views of law.
"Avocation, affected with a public interest."

Bakers, statute of (_see Assize of Bread and Ale_).
Bakeshops, bakeries, legislation concerning (_see Sweatshops_).
Balance of trade thought desirable as early as 1335.
Ballot,
form of, (_see Elections_);
the Australian, New York, etc.
Banishment not a constitutional punishment.
Bankruptcy act,
the first, A.D. 1515;
under Cromwell;
national.
Battle, trial by.
Beds, making of, regulated in Oklahoma and the England of 1495.
Beer (_see Sumptuary Legislation, Assize of Beer_).
Beggars (see _Vagabonds_).
Benefit funds, legislation against.
Benefit of clergy,
origin of;
in modern trials;
reason of;
modification of in murder, etc.;
extended to women;
withheld from all women earlier.
Betterment taxes (_see Eminent Domain_),
limitation of;
reason for.
Bigamy,
a sin, not a crime in the earlier view;
statute of;
forbidden by statute of James I.
Bill of rights (_see Petition of Right, Constitution_).
Bills of exchange, invention of.
Bills of lading.
Bishops,
may be appointed by the crown;
abolished in 1646.
Black death,
gave rise to first statute of laborers;
plague of, 1348;
effect of on prices;
Black labor (see _Negroes, Peonage, etc._), in the Orange River
Colony.
Blacklists (see _Boycotts)_,
American statutes against;
in modern American statutes;
laws against in Germany and Austria.
Blackmail statutes.
Blackstone quoted as to legislation.
"Bloody" statute against heretics, 1539.
Boards and commissions,
growth of;
must be bi-partisan.
Bounties,
constitutional objection to;
usually unconstitutional;
in foreign countries;
Federal bounties;
public appropriations may be justified in times of emergency;
State usual subjects of.
Bows and arrows (_see Archery_) much used in England.
Boycotts (see _Conspiracy_)
first recorded precedent of in 1221;
"against the common weal of the people" made unlawful in 1503;
in modern times;
intent the test;
statutes;
definitions of;
unlawful under anti-trust laws;
in modern American statutes;
Alabama definition of;
no European legislation on;
right to prosecute as bearing upon right