BIENS (law) and sea snake (sh)

BIENS (law)

BIENS. A French word, which signifies property. In law, it means property of every description, except estates of freehold and inheritance. Dane' s Ab. c. every description, except estates of freehold and inheritance. Dane' s Ab. c. 133, a, 3 Com. Dig. h. t.; Co. Litt. 118, b; Sugd. Vend. 495. 133, a, 3 Com. Dig. h. t.; Co. Litt. 118, b; Sugd. Vend. 495. 2. In the French law, this term includes all kinds of property, real 2. In the French law, this term includes all kinds of property, real and personal. Biens are divided into biens meubles, movable or personal and personal. Biens are divided into biens meubles, movable or personal property; and biens immeubles, immovable property or Real Estate. This property; and biens immeubles, immovable property or Real Estate. This distinction between movable and immovable property, is, however, recognized distinction between movable and immovable property, is, however, recognized by them, and gives rise in the civil, as well as in the common law, to many by them, and gives rise in the civil, as well as in the common law, to many important distinctions as to rights and Remedies. Story, Confl. of Laws, important distinctions as to rights and Remedies. Story, Confl. of Laws, Sec. 13, note 1. Sec. 13, note 1.

sea snake (sh)

Any of some 50 species (family Hydrophiidae) of venomous, marine snakes with an oarlike tail and flattened body.

Most are found along coasts and in estuaries of Australia and Asia, sometimes basking on the surface in a large group, though the yellow-bellied, or pelagic, sea snake ranges throughout the Pacific. The nostrils, usually on top of the snout, have valvelike closings. The body of several species is much thicker than the head and neck. Most species are 3-4 ft (1-1.2 m) long; Laticauda semifasciata, a Japanese delicacy, may be twice as long. Though generally slow to strike, their venom may be lethal.

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