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A State shall provide separate payments to providers administering prenatal labor and delivery or postpartum care in a freestanding birth center (as defined in subparagraph (B)), s

the dignity of citizenship which the Constitution confers as a birthright upon every person born within its protection is not to be withdrawn or extinguished by the courts except p

(Lat.) Twice.

BESANTINE, or BEZANT. An ancient coin, first issued at Constantinople. It was of two sorts, — gold, equivalent to a ducat, valued at 9s. 6d., and silver, computed at 2s. They were

An ancient coin, first issued at Constantinople ; it was of two sorts,—gold, equivalent to a ducat, valued at 9s. 6d.; and silver, computed at 2s. They were both current in England

The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.

In old English law. A conversion of wood grounds into arable or pasture; an assarting. Cowell. See AssaRT.

In old English law. A fine imposed for not repairing banks, ditches, and causeways. Blount; Whishaw.

He gives twice who gives quickly. BIS IDEM EXIGI BONA FIDES NON PAtitur, et in satlsfactlonibus, non permlttltur amplius fieri quam semel factum est. Good faith does not suffer the

him under the statutes of descent and distribution; Carpenter’s Estate, 170 Pa. 208, 32 Atl. 637, 29 L. R. A. 145, 60 Am. St. Rep. 765; Owens v. 6wens, 100 N. 0. 240, 6 S. E. 794;

An ecclesiastical officer, who is the chief of the clergy of his diocese, and is the archbishop's assistant. No such officer is recognized by law in the United States.

In English ecclesiastical law. An officer appointed to hold the bishop's court for him, and to assist him in matters of ecclesiastical law. 1 BL Com. 382. Tomlins. Chakcbllor of th

In ecclesiastical law. The extent of country over which a bishop has jurisdiction; a see; a diocese.

In English law. An ecclesiastical court held in the cathedral of ' each diocese, the judge of which is the bishop's chancellor.

I. I. In old insurance law, risk, hazard, peril.

Good faith does not suffer the same thing to . be demanded twice; and in making satisfaction [for a debt or demand] it is not allowed to be done more than once. 9 Coke, 53.

Good faith does not suffer the same thing to be exacted twice, and in giving satisfaction it is not permitted that more should be done than to do so once.

The day which is added every fourth year to the month of February, in order to make the year agree with the course of the sun. It was called "bissextile" because in the Roman calen

I. In old English law. sextile; Year. law. A billet, bill or memorandum of under the statute of Westminster 2, the sheriff. law. Bullion. obligation, particularly by covenant or or

In this subsection, the term “Bi-State Metropolitan Planning Organization” has the meaning given the term “region” in subsection (a) of Article II of the Lake Tahoe Regional Planni

In this subsection, the term “Bi-State MPO Region” has the meaning given the term “region” in subsection (a) of Article II of the Lake Tahoe Regional Planning Compact (Public Law 9

all bituminous, semibituminous, and subbituminous coal and shall exclude lignite, which is defined as a lignitic coal having calorific value in British thermal units of less than s

Bachelor of Laws.

A term used by the old writers to distinguish one parcel of land from another, to avoid ambiguity, as well as the inconvenience of a fuller description. "White acre" is also so use

Fictitious names of parcels of land nsed in the discussions of law-writers.

In English law. The act of parliament 9 Geo. II. c. 22. This act was passed for the punishment of certain marauders, who committed great outrages disguised and with faces blackened

Old Scotch statutes passed in the reigns of the Stuarts and down to the year 1586 or 1587. So called because printed in black letter. Bell, Diet.; Wharton.

In English law. An old record frequently referred to by Cowell and other early writers.

An ancient book compiled in the reign of Edward III. It has always been deemed of the highest authority in matters concerning the admiralty. It contains the laws of Oleron, at larg

The name of a book kept in the English exchequer, containing a collection of treaties, conventions, charters, etc.

It is a vulgar error that the headdress worn by the judge in pronouncing the sentence of death is assumed as an emblem of the sentence., It is part of the judicial full dress, and

A name given collectively to the body of laws, statutes, and rules in force in various southern states prior to 1865, which regulated the institution of slavery, and particularly t

Heath fowl, in contradistinction to red game, as grouse.

A professed gambler, a person who makes a business of betting — not necessarily dishonest, though disreputable: 3 H. & N. 376; 31 L. T. O. S. 217, per Pollock, C. B. In the same ca

A list of persons marked out for special avoidance, antagonism or enmity on the part of those who prepare the list or those among whom it is intended to circulate; as where a trade

A list of names of persons kept for the purpose of prohibiting or recommending against dealings with them. The publication of such a list is libellous per se unless justified or pr

See Boycotting. An act of Wisconsin, approved April 8, 1887 (Laws, ch. 349), provides that: Any two or more employees who shall agree, combine, and confederate together for the pur

The term “Black Lung Acts” means part C of title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, and any State law providing compensation for disability or death due to that

For purposes of this section, the term “black lung benefit claim” means a claim for compensation for disability or death due to pneumoconiosis under part C of title IV of the Feder

Tribute levied by marauders who operated on the Scotch border.

Rents reserved, payable in work, grain, and the like. Such rents were called "black mail" (reditus nigri), in distinction from white rents (blanche firmes), which were rents paid i

A closed wagon or van in which prisoners are carried to and from the jall or between the court and the jail.

The term “blackout period” means, in connection with an individual account plan, any period for which any ability of participants or beneficiaries under the plan, which is otherwis

Rents reserved in work, grain, or baser money than silver. Whishaw.

GENTLEMAN USHER OF. A chief officer of the king, deriving his name from the black rod of office, on the top of which reposes a golden lion, which he carries. During the session of

See Citizen; School, Separate; White.

Jr. 32, 13 Fed. Cas. (U. S.) 50.

See Police, 2. Is not a nuisance per se. The business may be so carried on as not to annoy persons living in the vicinity. ' See Nuisance.

The term "black start exercise" means an exercise in which delivery of energy provided from off an installation is terminated before backup generation assets on the insta

Sir William. Born July 10, 1723. In 1736 he entered Pembroke College, Oxford, where he continued till 1741, when he began to study law. In 1746, at the end of the probationary peri

The term “blackstrap molasses” means the commercially so-designated “byproduct” of the cane-sugar industry, not used for human consumption or for the extraction of sugar.

A subvassal, who held ward of the king's vassal.

Growing crops of grain. Spelman. Any annual crop. Cowell. Used of crops, either growing or gathered. Reg. Orig. 94b; Coke, 2d Inst. 81.

Growing corn, grain or crops.

I. I. In old English corn-chandler; a bladier, or

In old English law. A corn monger; meal man or corn chandler; a bladier, or engrosser of corn or grain. Blount; 2 Inst. 81.

The term "blade" means an airfoil-shaped blade which is responsible for converting wind energy to low-speed rotational energy.

I. I. In old English crop; grain cut, or harvested.

blasmed, I, fr. Infamous. Blackmail: extortion by threats, as of one's reputation, etc. statute of 9 Geo. I, c. 33, enacted to puncommitted near Walthara, in Hampshire; so acts wer

A rent reserved, payable in silver. BLANCUS (Law Lat.) In old law and practice. White, as paper or parchment is when there is no writing or other mark upon it; otherwise called alb

In Scotch law. A tenure by which land is held. The duty is generally a trifling one, as a peppercorn. It may happen, however, that the duty is of greater value, and then the distin

Cwrte blanche (a. v.) See 6 Mart. (La.) 718.

Blank.

A space left In writing, to be filled up with one or more words to complete sense. A skeleton document, in which the formal words are printed, and blanks left for the

An acceptance written on the paper before the bill is made, and delivered by the acceptor. In England it will charge the acceptor to the extent warranted by the stamp.

See "Common Bar."

The delivery of a bill of exchange signed and indorsed in blank only authorizes the receiver, as between himself and the drawer and indorser, to fill it up in conformity with the a

Scotch securities, in which the creditor's name was left blank, and which passed by mere delivery, the bearer being at liberty to put in his name, and sue for payment. Declared voi

The terms “blank check company”, “rollup transaction”, “partnership”, “limited liability company”, “executive officer of an entity” and “direct participation investment program”, h

A ballot on which all the names of candidates to be voted for at the election appear.

“blanket encumbrance” means a trust deed, mortgage, judgment, or any other lien or encumbrance, including an option or contract to sell or a trust agreement, affecting a subdivisio

The evident purpose of this section, as its history and context show, was not to preclude mandatory injunctions, but to forbid blanket injunctions against labor unions, which are u

The term “blanket license” means a compulsory license described in subsection (d)(1)(A) to engage in covered activities.

Letters patent including several devices each of which would be patentable.

A fire insurance policy not on particular goods, but on whatever there may be at a certain time, of a varying quantity, as on a stock of goods subject to sale and replenishing. See

a system in which "any person, regardless of party affiliation, may vote for a party's nominee." California Democratic Party v. Jones, 530 U. S. 567, 576, n. 6 (2000).

Also called the "common bar." The name of a plea in bar which in an action of trespass is put in to oblige the plaintiff to assign the certain place where the trespass was committe

the right of a bon a fide holder of a bill to write over a blank indorsement, to whom the bill shall be paid, at any time before or after the institution of a suit against the indo

A kind of white money (value 8d). coined by Henry V. in those parts of France which were then subject to England; forbidden to be current in that realm by 2 Hen. VI. c. 9. Wharton.

An incendiary. Blount.

In criminal law. To attribute to God that which is contrary to his nature, and does not belong to him, and to deny what does. A false reflection uttered with a malicious design of

A mode of rending rock and other solid substances by means of explo sives. Blasting rock in the city of New York is necessary and therefore legal; Gourdier v. Cormack, 2 E. D. Sm.

“Blasting agent” means any material or mixture, consisting of fuel and oxidizer, intended for blasting, not otherwise defined as an explosive: Provided , That the finished product,

In old English law. Grain; particularly corn.

Grain which has been cut.

I. fr. In old English law. Blemishment; infringement; diminution; disparagement or degradation.

blench-holding. v. Blanc; Blanch-holding.

See Blanch Holding.

Same as Blanch-holding.

For purposes of subsection (j), subject to paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), the term “blended benchmark amount” means for an area— (A) for 2012 the sum of— (i) ½ of the applicable amo

The term “blended financing” means financing provided through any combination of official development assistance, official export credits, and private commercial credit which is in

In England, where a testator directs his real and personal estate to be sold, and disposes of the proceeds as forming one aggregate, this is called a "blended fund." The expression

the uniform price less administrative deductions.

the term “blending of financings” means the use of various combinations of official development assistance, official export credit, and private commercial credit, integrated into a

The term “blighted area” means any area which the governing body described in subparagraph (A) determines to be a blighted area on the basis of the substantial presence of factors

"blind" means an individual who has central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with the use of a correcting lens or whose eye is accompanied by a limitatio

As used in this subsection, the term "blind external proficiency test" means a test that is presented to a forensic laboratory through a second agency and appears to the

The term "blind or other persons with print disabilities" means children served under this chapter and who may qualify in accordance with the Act entitled "An Act to

“blind person” means a person whose central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses or whose visual acuity, if better than 20/200, is accompan

In old English law. Boughs broken down from trees and thrown in a way where deer are likely to pass. Jacob.