Lat ( Burglariously .) In old criminal pleading. A necessary word in indictments for burglary.

In criminal law . The breaking and entering the house of another in the night-time, with intent to commit a felony therein, whether the felony be actually committed or not. […]

Insurance that covers any losses due to a burglary.

The title given in Germany to the chief executive officer of a borough, town, or city; corresponding to our “mayor.”

See LEX BUBGUNDIONUM.

A burgess, (q. v.)

Sepulture; the act of interring dead human bodies. See Lay v. State, 12 Ind. App. 362, 39 N. E. 768; In re Reformed, etc.. Church, 7 How. Prac. (N. Y.) […]

Placing an ad between other ads in a print publication , so that readers are less likely to see it.

Murder committed with the object of selling the cadaver for purposes of dissection, particularly and originally, by suffocating or strangling the victim. So named from William Burke, a notorious practitioner […]

Courts consisting of neighbors selected by common consent to act as judges in determining disputes between neighbor and neighbor.

In Scotch law. Laws made by neighbors elected by common consent in the burlaw courts . Skene.

To consume with fire. The verb “to burn,” in an indictment for arson, is to be taken in its common meaning of “to consume with fire.” Hester v. State, 17 […]

The rate at which an enterprise spends money, esp. venture capital , in excess of income.

Damage to a computer or television screen, caused by being left on too long or a reliability test in which a device is switched on for a long time.

The reduction of a fuel or substance to nothing through use or combustion, physical or mental collapse caused by overwork or stress or failure of an electrical device or component […]

An insurance-industry calculation of excess losses divided by total subject premium . The burning cost ratio is an experience-based insurance-rating method commonly used in determining rates for excess of loss […]

As used in policies of insurance, this term does not mean any fluid which will burn, but it means a recognized article of commerce, called by that name, and which […]

In old English criminal law , laymen, upon being accorded the benefit of clergy , were burned with a hot iron in the brawn of the left thumb, in order […]

The ratio of losses suffered to the amount of insurance in effect.

A burroch, dam, or small wear over a river, where traps are laid for the taking of fish. Cowell.

In Scotch law. A term used to designate the rents paid into the king’s private treasury by the burgesses or inhabitants of a borough.

Lat A purse.

A treasurer of a college.

The exchequer of collegiate or conventual bodies; or the place of receiving, paying, and accounting by the bursars. Also stipendiary scholars, who live upon the burse, fund, or joint-stock of […]

Hydraulic pressure required to burst a vessel of given thickness. Commonly used in testing filament-wound composite structures. Pressure required to break a fabric by expanding a flexible diaphram or pushing […]