Law Dictionary

brogillus, I. I. In old English law. A thicket or clump of trees in a park or forest; a grove or wood. Brnilletns: a small coppice wood or thicket

The term "broadband" or "broadband service" has the meaning given the term "broadband internet access service" in section 8.1(b) of title 47, Code of

The term "broadband buildout requirement" means the level of internet service an applicant receiving assistance under this section must agree, at the time the application

The term “broadband DATA maps” means the maps created under section 802(c)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 642(c)(1) ).

For purposes of this section, the term “broad-banded system” means a system for grouping positions for pay, job evaluation, and other purposes that is different from the system est

The term "broadband infrastructure" means any buried, underground, or aerial facility, and any wireless or wireline connection, that enables users to send and receive voi

The term "broadband infrastructure entity" means any entity that— (A) installs, owns, or operates broadband infrastructure; and (B) provides broadband services in a manne

The term "broadband internet access service" has the meaning given the term in section 8.1(b) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation). / The

The term “Broadband Map” means the map created by the Commission under section 642(c)(1)(A) of this title .

The term "broadband project" means, for the purposes of providing, extending, expanding, or improving high-speed broadband service to further the goals of this chapter— (

The term "broadband provider" means a provider of broadband internet access service.

The term “broadband service” means any technology identified by the Secretary as having the capacity to transmit data to enable a subscriber to the service to originate and receive

The terms "location" and "broadband-serviceable location" have the meanings given those terms by the Commission under rules and guidance that are in effect, as

In this subsection, the term “broad-based health care related tax” means a health care related tax which is imposed with respect to a class of health care items or services (as des

The term “broadcast” means to electronically transmit a visual image with the intent that it be viewed by a person or persons. / The term “broadcast” means to electronically transm

the Act recognizes that broadcasters are not common carriers and are not to be dealt with as such. Thus the Act recognizes that the field of broadcasting is one of free competition

In this section, the term "broadcasting" means the distribution of media content via radio broadcasting, television broadcasting, and Internet-based platforms, among othe

The policy of the Act is clear that no person is to have anything in the nature of a property right as a result of the granting of a license. Licenses are limited to a maximum of t

The term “broadcast station”, “broadcasting station”, or “radio broadcast station” means a radio station equipped to engage in broadcasting as herein defined. / the term “broadcast

the term “broadcast station” has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153); and / The term “broadcast station”, “broadcasting stati

The term “broadcast television licensee” means the licensee of— (A) a full-power television station; or (B) a low-power television station that has been accorded primary status as

The term “broadcast television spectrum” means the portions of the electromagnetic spectrum between the frequencies from 54 megahertz to 72 megahertz, from 76 megahertz to 88 megah

For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “broadcast undertaking” includes (but is not limited to) radio and television stations.

The wages or commissions of a broker. His occupation is also sometimes called brocage. agent of both transacting parties. Used in i the old Scotch and English law. Bell, Diet; Cowe

In old English law. A legal maxim. "Brocardica Juris," the title of a small book of legal maxims, published at Paris, 1508.

or BROCATOR. A broker; a middle-man between buyer and seller; the agent of both transacting parties. Used in the old Scotch and English law. Bell, Diet; Cowell.

In old English and Scotch law. A broker; a middleman between buyer and seller; the agent of both transacting parties. Bell; Cowell.

A broker. Brocella. A copse; a thicket.

I l, Brogger. In old English law. A broker.

A thicket, or covert, of bushes and brushwood. "Browse" is said to be derived hence. Cowell.

Lat. [from Fr. broehe, q. v.] A word used by Bracton in describing the equipment of a horseman intended for military service, which Spelman supposes to have meant a large vessel fo

In maritime law. That spacein asbip whichis not filled by her cargo. H

A broker; so called in old English statutes.

In maritime law. That space in a ship which is not filled by her cargo.

whose business it is, as broker, to negotiate purchases or sales of stocks, exchange, bullion, coined money, bank notes, promissory notes, or other securities, for themselves or ot

or BROCAGE. The trade or occupation of a broker; the commissions paid to a broker for his services.

As used in this section, the term “broker association” shall include two or more contract market members or registered derivatives transaction execution facility members with floor

It must be taken as settled: That bankrupts and their customer stood in the relation of pledgee and pledgeor. That in their dealings stock certificates issued by same corporation l

the term “broker-dealer” means a broker and a dealer, as those terms are defined in section 78c(a) of title 15 ;

The term “broker or dealer” means— (A) any company that is registered or licensed under Federal or State law to engage in the business of brokering, underwriting, or dealing in sec

For purposes of this section, the term “broker price opinion” means an estimate prepared by a real estate broker, agent, or sales person that details the probable selling price of

Those who are engaged for others in the negotiation of contracts relative to property, with the custody of which they have no concern. Paley, Ag. 13. See 16 Gray (Mass.) 436; 45 11

The broker must complete the sale; that is, he must find a purchaser in a situation and ready and willing to complete the purchase on the terms agreed on, before he is entitled to

Even the Courts of law have recognised the lien of a broker on a chose in action for a general balance of account, and much more so ought a Court of equity in the application of a

a broker is never entitled to commissions for unsuccessful efforts. ... If, after the broker has been allowed a reasonable time within which to produce a buyer and effect a sale, h

Bruised, or Injured with blows, wounds or other casualty. Cowell.

A bawdy house; a common habitation of prostitutes.

crim. law. Bawdy houses, the common habitations of prostitutes; such places have always been common nuisances in the United States, and the keepers of them may be fined and impriso

“brother” and “sister” mean one who at the time of the death of the employee is under 18 years of age or over that age and incapable of self-support, and include stepbrothers and s

The brother of a wife, or the husband of a sister. There.is no relationship, in the former case, between the husband and the brotherin-law, nor in the latter, between the brother a

two or more corporations if the same five or fewer persons.

In this section, the term “brownfield site” has the meaning given the term in section 9601(39) of this title . / The term “brownfield site” means real property, the expansion, rede

The term “brown tree snake” means the species of the snake Boiga irregularis.

§ 639. 10 Satterthwait v. Marshall, 4 Del. Ch. 348 (1873); Dale Tile Manuf. Co. v. Hyatt, 135 U. S. 46 (1888), cases; 3 In the absence of a specific statute, the United States cann

In old English law. A heath ground; ground where heath grows. Spelman.

See "Brigbote."

A wood or grove; a thicket or clump of trees in a park or forest. Jacob.

In medical jurisprudence. An injury done with violence to the person, without breaking the skin. It is nearly synonymous with "contusion" (q. v.) 1 Chanc. Prac. 38. See 4 Car. & P.

In old Swedish law. The child of a woman conceiving after a rape, which was made legitimate. Literally, the child of a struggle. Barr. Obs. St.

Fr. In old English law. A breaker. Dehryjs&owx^de la prison le roy; of breakers of the king's prison. Britt. c. 29. Brusure; a breaking. Brusure de pountz; breaking of bridges. Bri

A breaking. Brusure de ponntz: breaking of bridges.

The Constitution as construed in Bruton is violated only where the out-of-court hearsay statement is that of a declarant who is unavailable at the trial for 'full and effective' cr

An empty noise; an empty threat.

Bancus Superior, that is, upper bench.

Esco9se,/r. Esorier,//-. To proclaim.

fr., Eskippare, tackle of ships. Es Uer,/r. To choose. Esloigner,/r. To

Benefit of division ; right of contribution as between co-sureties.

A returning; that which returns; the returning of land into the possession of a donor, or his heirs, after the gift is ended; the returning of an estate to the original owner, or h

[from estop; L. Lai. oppilare.] An impeiiiinent, or bar by which a roan is precluded in law from alle^g or denying a fact, in consequence of his own previous act, allegation or den

The term “Btu” means British thermal unit. / The term “Btu” means British thermal unit. / The term “Btu” means British thermal unit.

An extravagant or unsubstantial project for extensive operations in business or commerce, generally founded on a fictitious or exaggerated prospectus, to ensnare unwary investors.

The name given to the several extravagant and unwarrantable practices therein mentioned." See '2 P. Wms. 219.

The business forbidden by the act of 1905 is—to avoid a paraphrasis, and following the usual American method of describing an act by a word or a phrase—the business of running a 'b

A toil to take deer. 4 Inst. 306.

A toil totakedeer. 4 Inst. 806.

a statement of the financial position of a body for a definite period of time based on detailed estimates of planned or expected expenditures during the period and proposals for fi

The term “budgetary effects” means the amount by which PAYGO legislation changes outlays flowing from direct spending or revenues relative to the baseline and shall be determined o

The term “budgetary resources” means new budget authority, unobligated balances, direct spending authority, and obligation limitations.

The term “budget authority” means the authority provided by Federal law to incur financial obligations, as follows: (i) provisions of law that make funds available for obligation a

The term “budget contract” means a contract between a retailer and a consumer under which the heating expenses of the consumer are spread evenly over a period of months.

In this subsection, the term “budget justification materials” has the meaning given that term in section 3(b)(2) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006

The term “budget of the President” means the budget of the President for a fiscal year as submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31. / The term “budget of the Preside

The terms “budget outlays” and “outlays” mean, with respect to any fiscal year, expenditures and net lending of funds under budget authority during such year.

The term “budget year” means, with respect to a session of Congress, the fiscal year of the Government that starts on October 1 of the calendar year in which that session begins. /

In the law of arson (g. v.), to. materially destroy the integrity of some portion of the house of another.! Burning in the hand and left cheek was anciently a mode ot punishment. *

A fine imposed on the community of a town, for a breach of the peace, etc.

The terms “protective factor”, “buffer”, and “asset” mean any one of a number of the community, school, family, or peer-individual domains that are known, through prospective, long

The term "bug bounty program" means a program under which an approved individual, organization, or company is temporarily authorized to identify and report vulnerabilitie

Includes both "bestiality," or carnal connection between a human being and a beast, and "sodomy," or carnal connection between human beings against the order of nature. 3 Inst. 58.

For purposes of this section, the term “build America bond” means any obligation (other than a private activity bond) if— (A) the interest on such obligation would (but for this se

As used in this chapter, the term “building” means any building or facility (other than (A) a privately owned residential structure not leased by the Government for subsidized hous

The rudimentary form of such associations is supposed to be a society raising by subscription of its members a fund for making advances to members in order to enable them to build

For purposes of this section, the term “building arts” includes, but shall not be limited to, all practical and scholarly aspects of prehistoric, historic, and contemporary archite

Co-operative associations, usually incorporated, established for the purpose of accumulating and loaning money to their members upon real estate security. It is usual for the membe

The term “building code” means a legal instrument which is in effect in a State or unit of general purpose local government, the provisions of which must be adhered to if a buildin

A contract to erect a building subject to the acceptance or rejection of the architect and in strict accordance with the plans, does not make the architect's acceptance conclusive

The term “building envelope component” means— (A) any insulation material or system, including air sealing material or system, which is specifically and primarily designed to reduc

A lease of the soil for the purpose of erecting buildings thereon, usually for a long term. See "Ground Rent."

The statutory lien of a material-man or contractor for the erection of a building. Lumber Co. v. Holt, 60 Neb. 80, 82 N. W. 112, 83 Am. St. Rep. 512; June v. Doke, 35 Tex. Civ. App

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