bills (Meaning)

an equitable bill by which a creditor who has won a court judgment against a debtor can compel payment from the debtor out of the property that is not otherwise reachable by legal process, to touch and rub bill to bill (see bill entry 1 sense 1), a written instrument setting out the terms of a transaction involving goods, a legislative act formerly permitted that attainted a person and imposed a sentence of death without benefit of a judicial trial see also attainder compare bill of pains and penalties in this entry, a bill of interpleader in which the plaintiff is allowed to claim an interest in the subject matter of the suit compare bill of interpleader in this entry interpleader, a bill affecting a particular person, organization, or locality as distinguished from all the people or the whole area of a political unit, a bill brought by a plaintiff who seeks a court determination of the conflicting claims of two or more defendants to the subject matter of the suit (as money owed by the plaintiff) and who has no interest in the subject matter and no preference as to which defendant prevails, a bill returned by a grand jury that has found the evidence in a bill of indictment sufficient to warrant prosecution, an amount expended or owed, the law itself, a mouthpart (such as the beak of a turtle) that resembles a bird's bill, a draft of a law presented to a legislature for consideration, complaint, a bill given by a bank to the purchaser of a security in place of the security itself that entitles the purchaser to receive payment upon presentation, a bill providing money for government expenses and programs, a mouthpart (as the beak of a turtle) resembling a bird's bill, to issue a bill of lading to or for, bill of lading, a copy of a bill in the form in which it is passed in the legislature including all changes introduced before enactment that is kept as evidence of the law, a written document or note, the jaws of a bird together with their horny covering, a programmed presentation (such as a motion picture, play, or concert), an itemized account of the separate cost of goods sold, services performed, or work done, to send a bill to, a device or instrument used in criminal procedure, to touch bills, the visor (see visor sense 2a) of a cap or hood, bill of sale, an equitable bill by which a party to a suit can bring a claim against any other party, the pleading used to begin a suit in equity that sets forth the basis for one's claim against another, an instrument that contains the charges against a defendant and that is presented to a grand jury for determination after a preliminary hearing whether there is enough evidence to issue an indictment, an individual or commercial note (see note entry 2 sense 3c(1)), an equitable bill used to start a suit to have the final judgment of a previous suit set aside compare bill in the nature of a bill of review in this entry, a sign or poster advertising something, a form or device of procedure used in civil actions, an itemized list or a statement of particulars (such as a list of materials or of members of a ship's crew), to enter in an accounting system, a bill affecting the community (as a nation or state) at large, a bill (as for imposing a tax) for raising money for any public purpose, a bill returned by a grand jury that has determined the evidence in a bill of indictment to be insufficient to warrant prosecution, a legislative act formerly permitted that imposed a punishment less severe than death without benefit of a judicial trial compare bill of attainder in this entry, an instrument written by a banker certifying to another that a person named in the instrument is entitled to draw on the banker's funds or credit up to a certain amount, to enter (something, such as freight) in a waybill, a formal petition, an itemized account of goods sold, services performed, or work done, a draft of a law presented to a legislature for enactment, a bill printed in the form in which it was passed by one chamber of Congress and certified by the appropriate legislative official, bill of interpleader in this entry, a bill that a defendant may request in which the prosecution sets out in detail the facts forming the basis for the criminal charges against the defendant, a bill in its form as amended and newly introduced to the legislature by a legislative committee, a statement of charges for food or drink, to caress affectionately, a bill originating in the House of Representatives, a legislative act that imposes any punishment on a named or implied individual or group without a trial, one hundred dollars, a bill setting forth the expenses in connection with a suit that a party seeks to have paid by an opposing party, a bill containing a detailed listing and explanation of the claims made by the plaintiff, a bill that includes a number of miscellaneous provisions or appropriations, a bill setting forth the exceptions and objections to rulings made at trial and the evidence relevant to them for the purpose of appeal or other review, an instrument by one party directing another party to pay a named third party or anyone bearing it a specific amount of money on a named future date or on demand, a record of goods sold, services performed, or work done together with the costs involved, the finding of the grand jury that the evidence is insufficient, a piece of paper money, a declaration in writing stating a wrong a complainant has suffered from a defendant or stating a breach of law by some person, an equitable bill seeking to have a court decree set aside that is brought by someone who was not a party to the original suit usually before the decree is entered in the record compare bill of review in this entry, information, a written or printed advertisement posted or otherwise distributed to announce an event of interest to the public, revenue bill in this entry, advertise, promote, a short-term obligation sold by the government at a discount that bears no interest but is payable at its face value at maturity compare Treasury bond at bond sense 2, Treasury note at note, the point of an anchor fluke see anchor illustration, a written instrument providing proof of an obligation to pay money, to submit a bill (see bill entry 4 sense 4a) of charges to, an equitable bill used to settle the rights of parties in one suit and avoid repeated litigation, to announce (something, such as a performance) especially by posters or placards, to be exactly what is needed, draft, billhook, a weapon in use up to the 18th century that consists of a long staff ending in a hook-shaped blade, an announcement of a theatrical entertainment, the visor of a cap