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(1691). It meant use of horses, carriage, payment for carriage; hence, payment proportional — to horses employed, goods lost at sea, etc.,— which all who are concerned in the ship,

See Alle- Gare, Allegans contraria, etc.

The terms “blowout”, “flushometer tank”, “low consumption”, and “flushometer valve” have the meaning given such terms in ASME A112.19.2M–1990.

The term "Blue Alert" means information sent through the network relating to— (A) the serious injury or death of a law enforcement officer in the line of duty; (B) an off

The term "Blue Alert plan" means the plan of a State, unit of local government, or Federal agency participating in the network for the dissemination of information receiv

The term "blue economy" means the sustainable use of marine, lake, or other aquatic resources in support of economic development objectives.

A name applied to certain laws of extreme rigor, supposed to have been anciently in force in Connecticut. Rigorous puritanical laws, generally.

A statute for the regulation of investment companies.

I. I. In old English the delivery of a writ, which, c. 39, parties might require of

A line established by municipal authority, to secure uniformity of appearance in the streets of the city, drawn at a> certain uniform distance from the curb or from the edge of the

I. I. In old English law. A boiling of salt; as much brine or salt as was made from one boiling.

1 1. In old English law. The boulting of grain, after it was ground; or the sieve with which it was boulted.

burghbote, sax. In old English law. A contribution for the repair of castles or walls of defense, or of a borough or city; an exemption from such a contribution.

I. I. A burg mote, or burgh mote. v. Burghmote.

In American law. In some states, formerly, a member of a branch of the legislature, as in Virginia. In some states, a magistrate of a borough corresponding to the mayor of a city,

bnrgmote, burgemote, sax. In Saxon law. The court or meeting of a burgh or borough; a borough court; a court held in burghs or towns thrice a year, at which the earldorman or alder

pi burghwarn, sax. In Saxon law. An inhabitant of a burgh or borough; a burgess or burghei-.

In the laws of the United States on the subject of merchant shipping, the recording and certification of vessels employed in coastwise or inland navigation; as distinguished from t

burrow-meals, burrow-mailles. In Scots law. Rents

bussellus, bussellum, I. I. A bushel, v. Bussellus.

I. I. In old records, a butt or measure of land.

The term “boar” means a sexually-intact male swine.

the Dallas Motion Picture Classification Board established by Section 46A—2 of this ordinance.

The term "board and care facility" means an institution regulated by a State pursuant to section 1382e(e) of this title.

One who, by a special contract, obtains food, with or without lodging, in the house of another. To be distinguished from a guest (q. v.) ■ Story, Bailm. § 477; 26 Vt. 343; 26 Ala.

A quasi public house where boarders are habitually kept, and which is held out and known as a place of entertainment of that kind. 1 Lans. (N. Y.) 484, 486; 3 Abb. Pr. (N. S.; N. Y

The number of feet of board produced by a log when sawed. See 40 Am. St. Rep. 265.

The term “Board of Actuaries” means the Department of Defense Board of Actuaries under section 183 of this title .

The governing body of a municipal corporation. Oliver v. Jersey City, 63 N. J. Law, 96, 42 Atl. 782. See Aldermen.

A tribunal provided by stafute in some states, to adjust and settle the accounts of municipal corporations. Osterhoudt v. Rigney, 98 N. Y. 222.

In Vermont, in the case of a city this term includes the mayor and aldermen and justices residing therein; in the case of a town, the selectmen and town clerk and the justices resi

The term “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation. / The term “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation. / The term “Board of

See Equalization.

As these exist in many cities, they are unincorporated voluntary associations composed, exclusively of persons engaged in the business of fire insurance, having for their object co

The term “Board of Governors” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. / For purposes of this section, the term “Board of Governors’ means the Board of Governors

An executive or administrative body organized as part of the government or of its local divisions, like cities, to regulate and supervise matters affecting the public health or san

The term “Board of Medical Examiners” includes a body comparable to such a Board (as determined by the State) with responsibility for the licensing of physicians and also includes

A board created by law in some slates, whose function is to investigate all applications for executive clemency and to make reports and recommendations thereon to the governor.

the term “Board of Regents” means the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution; / The term “Board of Regents” means the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. / Th

An inservice, subordinates of the commissioner of immigration, whose duties are declared administrative. Its 6 are not binding upon the Secretary of Commerce. The act of congress m

A county board, under a system existing in some of the states, to whom the fiscal affairs of the county are intrusted, composed of delegates representing the several organized town

The Board of Tax Appeals is not a court. It is an executive or administrative board, upon the decision of which the parties are given an opportunity to base a petition for review t

The term “board of trade” means any organized exchange or other trading facility. / “contract of sale”, “commodity”, “derivatives clearing organization”, “future delivery”, “board

The terms “Board of Trustees” and “Board” mean the Board of Trustees as described in section 698v–5 of this title . / the term “Board of Trustees” means the Board of Trustees of th

The term “Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvements Trust Fund” means the agency of the State of Florida holding legal title to and responsible for trust administration of cer

The name of a board of ofl Scers appointed for the better local management of the English metropolis. They have the care and management of all grounds and gardens dedicated to the

The term “Board-selected benchmark replacement” means a benchmark replacement identified by the Board that is based on SOFR, including any tenor spread adjustment pursuant to secti

the test of the Board's jurisdiction is not the volume of the interstate commerce which may be affected, but the existence of a relationship of the employer and his employees to th

A boat does not pass by the sale of a ship and appurtenances; Molloy, b. 2. c. 1, § 8; Beawes, Lex. Mere. 50: Starr v. Goodwin, 2 Root (Conn.) 71; Park Ins. 8th ed. 126. But see Br

A term applied in some states to minor rivers and streams capable of being navigated in small boats, skiffs or launches, though not by steam or sailing vessels. New England Trout,

The term “boat launching facility” includes any boat launching facility, regardless of whether specialized facilities or services, such as mechanical or hydraulic boat lifts or fac

robbator, /. I In old English law. A robber. Robatores: robbers. Robbatores et burglatores: robbers and burglars.

A book; a written instrument.

Sax. A scribe, notary or chancellor among the Saxo,ns.

A place where books, evidences, or writings are kept. Cowell. These were generally in monasteries. 1 Spence, Eq. Jur. 22.

Allodial lands held by written evidence of title. Such lands might be granted upon such terms as the owner should see fit, by greater or less estate, to take effect presently, or a

furthermore, I do not see the relevance of the meaning of the term "public corporation." See "ante," at 69-70, n. 9.

Pertaining to or concerning the body; of or belonging to the body or the physical constitution; not mental but corporeal. Electric R. Co. v. Lauer, 21 Ind. App. 466, 52 N. E. 703.

Any touching of the person of another against his will with physical force, in an intentional, hostile, and aggressive manner, or a projecting of such force against his person. Peo

The expression "bodily heirs," when used in a conveyance or devise of real estate, has no other or different meaning than the words "heirs of his body.',' Turner v. Hause, 199 111.

the term “bodily injury” means— (A) a cut, abrasion, bruise, burn, or disfigurement; (B) physical pain; (C) illness; (D) impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or me

BODEMERIE, or BODDEmerey (Belg. and Ger.) Bottomry (g. v.) Locc. de Jur. Mar. lib. 2, c. 6, § 1.

Belg. and Germ. Bottomry, (q. v.)

Bottomry.

the term “body” shall mean a human body, organ or cadaver, or a nonhuman animal used in medical research or instruction directly relating to the treatment of humans.

The term “body armor” means any product sold or offered for sale, in interstate or foreign commerce, as personal protective body covering intended to protect against gunfire, regar

From the moment of their association, the United States necessarily became a body corporate; for, there was no superior from whom that character could otherwise be derived. In Engl

A county at large, as distinguished from any particular place within it. See 25 Wis. 364. Under the common law, in both civil 'and criminal cases, the jury were to be taken from th

The main and operative part; the substantive provisions, as distinguished from the recitals, title, jurat, etc. Wharton. BODY POLITIC (or POLITIQUE). The old term for a corporation

An organized and systematic collection of rules of jurisprudence; as, particularly, the body of the civil law or corpus juris civilis.

any company * * * whether corporate or not corporate.

A municipal corporation. See 24 Am. St. Rep. 67.

The term “Boeing 737 MAX aircraft” means any— (A) Model 737 series aircraft designated as a 737-7, 737-8, 737-8200, 737-9, or 737-10; or (B) other variant of a model described in s

Folcmote court. or, in Chancery, illegally taking pos- A criminal offence. of redemption of Plea: v. Plea. payable abroad. a thing by judgment. the King, reserved and having certai

I. In the Roman law. An asking; a question or interrogation; an asking for a law: a proposal of a law for adoption or passuch a form.

the bohea tea of commerce is not usually a distinct and simple substance, but is a compound made up in China of various kinds of the lowest priced black teas, and the mixture is of

Water rising from a salt well

The requirement of the statute is substituted for the common-law rule which holds the employer to ordinary care to provide his employees a reasonably safe place in which, and reaso

Salt water from a well of one not owning the land.

boilary, bu Uary, I. fr. and eng. In old English law. A salt-house or salt-pit, where salt is boiled.

Boilary, Bullary. [L. Lat. salina.] In old English law. A salt house or salt pit, where salt is boiled. Co. Litt. 4 b. Cro. Jac. 150.

BOYS, or BOYES (Law F.; Lat. loscus). Wood; haut bois, high timber; sub loia, underwood. Cowell.

I Fr. Wood; timber; brush.

While often used in the sense of obtaining a thing to be returned in specie, is not limited to that sense. There may be a borrowing where an equivalent is paid annually in the form

Bachelor of Civil Law.

or BOLDAGIUM. A little house or cottage. Blount.

A llttle house or cotinge. Blount

A little house or cottage.—Blount.

The desertion by one or more persons from the political party to which he or they belong; the permanent withdrawal before adjournment of a portion of the delegates to a political c

In English practice. A term formerly used in the English inns of court, but more particularly at Gray's Inn, signifying the private arguing of cases, as distinguished from mooting,

Lat. [from bomhus, Gr. ^ofi^og, the sound of the discharge.] In old law. A gun or cannon. Spelman. Bombardius; a gunner. Towns. PI. 214.

Regulations passed for the presidency of Bombay, and the territories subordinate thereto. They were passed by the governors in council of Bombay until the year 1834, when the power

Good.

Goods; chattels; property.

bonas, bonum, I. Good. Bona flde: in good faith; honestly, without fraud; really, without pretense; innocently, without knowledge or notice. Bona fides: good faith; honesty; sincer

Bonus judex aequitatem stricto according to what is just

Goods confiscated or forfeited to the imperial fisc or treasury. 1 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 299.

In practice. In default of the representatives and creditors to administer to the estate of an intestate, the officer entitled to grant letters of administration may grant, to such

Of good faith.

A bona fide purchaser {q. V.) BONAE FIDEI POSSESSOR IN ID TANturn quod ad se pervenerit tenetur. A bona fide possessor is bound for that only which has come to him. Coke, 2d Inst.