BACHELOR

The holder of the first or lowest degree conferred by a college or university, e. g., a bachelor of arts, bachelor of law, etc. A kind of' inferior knight; an esquire. A man who has never been married. BACK, v: To indorse; to. sign on the back; to sign generally by way of' acceptance or approval. Where a warrant i ued in one county is presented to a magistrate of another county and be signs it for the purpose of making it executory in his county, he is said to "back" it. 4 BI. Comm. 291. So an indorser of a note or bill is colloquially said to "back" it. Seabury v. Hunger ford, 2 Hill (N. Y.) 80. BACK, adv. To the rear; backward; in 9. revei:se direction. Also, in arrear. -Back lands. A term of no very definite import, but generally signifying lands lying back from (not contiguous to) a highway or a watercourse. See Ryer v. "''heeler, 22 Wend. (N. Y.) 150.-Back taxes. Those a e ed for a previous year or years and remaining due and unpaid from the original ta:x: debtor. M. E. Church v. New OrlPans, 107 La. 611, 32 South. 101; Gairies v. Gr1lbraeth, 14 Lea (Tenn.) 363. -Backwater. Water in a stream which, in consequence of some dam or obstruction below, [s. 117]