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Bigamy
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BigamyBeing married to more than one person at the same time. This is a criminal offence in most countries.
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Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Time
Contracts, evidence, practice. The measure of duration., It is divided into years, months. days, hours, minutes, and seconds. It is also divided into day and night. 2) Pleading. The avertment of time is generally necessary in pleading; the rules are different, in different actions.
Criminal
Relating to, or having the character of crime
Offence
Crimes. The doing that which a penal law forbids to be done, or omitting to do what it commands; in this sense it is nearly synonymous with crime. In a more confined sense, it may be considered as having the same meaning with misdemeanor, but it differs from it in this, that it is not indictable, but punishable summarily by the forfeiture of a penalty.
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Bigamus
Canon law, Latin. One guilty of bigamy.
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Bid rigging
In purchasing, any scheme that gives the appearance of competitive bids but is actually not competitive because the participants establish the winner before submitting bids for the contract.
Bid rotation
In purchasing when bidders for contracts Collude to distribute work among themselves by establishing which among them will win particular bids.
Bidder
Contracts. One who makes an offer to pay a certain price for an article which is for sale.
Biens
French word, which signifies property. In law, it means property of every description, except estates of freehold and inheritance.
Bigamus
Canon law, Latin. One guilty of bigamy.
Bigamy
Bigham clause
A clause inserted into most non-separation agreements, whereby the cargo owner's share of any general average contribution payable under such an agreement may not exceed the cost that the cargo owner would have incurred had his cargo been delivered to him at the port of refuge and then been forwarded to destination at his expense.
Bilan
A book in which bankers, merchants and traders write a statement of all they owe and all that is due to them.
Bilateral contract
Civil law. A contract in which both the contracting parties are bound to fulfil obligations reciprocally towards each other
Bilinguis
English law. One who uses two tongues or languages.
Bill
1) Legislation. An instrument drawn or presented by a member or committee to a legislative body for its approbation and enactment. After it has gone through both houses and received the constitutional sanction of the chief magistrate, where such approbation is requisite, it becomes a law. 2) Merchant law. An account containing the items of goods sold, or of work done by one person against another. 3) Contracts. A bill or obligation, is a deed whereby the obligor acknowledges himself to owe unto the obligee a certain sum of money or some other thing, in which, besides the names of the parties, are to be considered the sum or thing due, the time, place, and manner of payment or delivery thereof. It may be indented, or poll, and with or without a penalty.
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Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Time
Contracts, evidence, practice. The measure of duration., It is divided into years, months. days, hours, minutes, and seconds. It is also divided into day and night. 2) Pleading. The avertment of time is generally necessary in pleading; the rules are different, in different actions.
Criminal
Relating to, or having the character of crime
Offence
Crimes. The doing that which a penal law forbids to be done, or omitting to do what it commands; in this sense it is nearly synonymous with crime. In a more confined sense, it may be considered as having the same meaning with misdemeanor, but it differs from it in this, that it is not indictable, but punishable summarily by the forfeiture of a penalty.
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Bigamus
Canon law, Latin. One guilty of bigamy.
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Bid rigging
In purchasing, any scheme that gives the appearance of competitive bids but is actually not competitive because the participants establish the winner before submitting bids for the contract.
Bid rotation
In purchasing when bidders for contracts Collude to distribute work among themselves by establishing which among them will win particular bids.
Bidder
Contracts. One who makes an offer to pay a certain price for an article which is for sale.
Biens
French word, which signifies property. In law, it means property of every description, except estates of freehold and inheritance.
Bigamus
Canon law, Latin. One guilty of bigamy.
Bigamy
Bigham clause
A clause inserted into most non-separation agreements, whereby the cargo owner's share of any general average contribution payable under such an agreement may not exceed the cost that the cargo owner would have incurred had his cargo been delivered to him at the port of refuge and then been forwarded to destination at his expense.
Bilan
A book in which bankers, merchants and traders write a statement of all they owe and all that is due to them.
Bilateral contract
Civil law. A contract in which both the contracting parties are bound to fulfil obligations reciprocally towards each other
Bilinguis
English law. One who uses two tongues or languages.
Bill
1) Legislation. An instrument drawn or presented by a member or committee to a legislative body for its approbation and enactment. After it has gone through both houses and received the constitutional sanction of the chief magistrate, where such approbation is requisite, it becomes a law. 2) Merchant law. An account containing the items of goods sold, or of work done by one person against another. 3) Contracts. A bill or obligation, is a deed whereby the obligor acknowledges himself to owe unto the obligee a certain sum of money or some other thing, in which, besides the names of the parties, are to be considered the sum or thing due, the time, place, and manner of payment or delivery thereof. It may be indented, or poll, and with or without a penalty.
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