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Blackstone, Sir William
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Blackstone, Sir WilliamBorn July 10, 1723. In 1765 appeared the first volume of his commentaries. The other three volumes were published during the next four years. He died February 14, 1780. American lawyers, with few exceptions, since the Revolution, have drawn their first lessons in jurisprudence from Blackstone's Commentaries.
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Were
The name of a fine among the Saxons imposed upon a murderer
Years
Estate for years.
Exceptions
Declarations by either side in a civil or criminal case reserving the right to appeal a judge's ruling upon a motion. Also, in regulatory cases, objections by either side to points made by the other side or to rulings by the agency or one of its hearing officers.
Jurisprudence
Formal study of the principles on which legal rules are based and the means by which judges guide their decision making.
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Black book of the admiralty
An ancient book compiled in the reign of Edw. III. At large, a view of the crimes and offences cognizable in the admiralty; ordinances and commentaries on matters of prize and maritime torts, injuries and contracts
Black book of the exchequer
The name of a book kept in the English exchequer, containing a collection of treaties) conventions, charters.
Black farmer lawsuit
A lawsuit by means of which a black farmer or a group of black farmers seek justice.
Black Guerrilla Family
In the US penitentiary slang, an African-American prison gang that originted as a revolutionary organization.
Black mail
When rents were reserved payable in work, grain, and the like, they were called reditus nigri, or black mail, to distinguish them from white rents or blanch farms, or such as were paid in money.
Black-mail
French maille, a small coin. Rent reserved in work, grain, or the baser money. Opposed, white rent: rent paid in silver. In common parlance, extortion - the exaction of money for the performance of a duty, the prevention of an injury, or the exercise of an influence.
Blacke booke of the admiralty
The name given by Sir Travers Twiss to the first volume of his four-volume collection, containing a variety of medieval maritime law materials, probably first compiled in the mid-fifteenth century during the reign of King Henry VI. In particular, the Blacke Booke of the Admiralty contains a version of the Rôles of Oleron.
Blacking
A practice used by certain seafarers' trades union against flag-of-convenience shipowners to compel them, by measures causing economic duress.
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Black book of the exchequer
The name of a book kept in the English exchequer, containing a collection of treaties) conventions, charters.
Black mail
When rents were reserved payable in work, grain, and the like, they were called reditus nigri, or black mail, to distinguish them from white rents or blanch farms, or such as were paid in money.
Blacke booke of the admiralty
The name given by Sir Travers Twiss to the first volume of his four-volume collection, containing a variety of medieval maritime law materials, probably first compiled in the mid-fifteenth century during the reign of King Henry VI. In particular, the Blacke Booke of the Admiralty contains a version of the Rôles of Oleron.
Blacking
A practice used by certain seafarers' trades union against flag-of-convenience shipowners to compel them, by measures causing economic duress.
Black-mail
French maille, a small coin. Rent reserved in work, grain, or the baser money. Opposed, white rent: rent paid in silver. In common parlance, extortion - the exaction of money for the performance of a duty, the prevention of an injury, or the exercise of an influence.
Blackstone, Sir William
Blanch firmes
The same as white rent.
Blank bar
Pleading. The same with that called a common bar, whicb, in an action of trespass, is put in to oblige the plaintiff to assign the certain' place where the trespass was committed.
Blank indorsement
Contracts. An indorsement which does not mention the name of the person in whose favor it is made; it is usually made by writing the name of the indorser on the back of the bill.
Blasphemy
Greek blas phemein', to speak ill or evil of. Denying the being or providence of the Almighty, or contumelious reproaching of Christ; also, profane scoffling at the Holy Scripture, or exposing it to contempt or ridicule. Maliciously reviling God or religion. An offense at common law. The reviling is an offense because it tends to corrupt the morals of the people and to destroy good order. Such offenses have always been considered independent of any religious establishment or the rights of the church. They are treated as affecting Body. Compare Corpus. The physical person. The natural body or such as is formed by the laws of God, as distinguished from an artificial body or such as is devised by human laws.
Blind
One who is deprived of the faculty of seeing.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Were
The name of a fine among the Saxons imposed upon a murderer
Years
Estate for years.
Exceptions
Declarations by either side in a civil or criminal case reserving the right to appeal a judge's ruling upon a motion. Also, in regulatory cases, objections by either side to points made by the other side or to rulings by the agency or one of its hearing officers.
Jurisprudence
Formal study of the principles on which legal rules are based and the means by which judges guide their decision making.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Black book of the admiralty
An ancient book compiled in the reign of Edw. III. At large, a view of the crimes and offences cognizable in the admiralty; ordinances and commentaries on matters of prize and maritime torts, injuries and contracts
Black book of the exchequer
The name of a book kept in the English exchequer, containing a collection of treaties) conventions, charters.
Black farmer lawsuit
A lawsuit by means of which a black farmer or a group of black farmers seek justice.
Black Guerrilla Family
In the US penitentiary slang, an African-American prison gang that originted as a revolutionary organization.
Black mail
When rents were reserved payable in work, grain, and the like, they were called reditus nigri, or black mail, to distinguish them from white rents or blanch farms, or such as were paid in money.
Black-mail
French maille, a small coin. Rent reserved in work, grain, or the baser money. Opposed, white rent: rent paid in silver. In common parlance, extortion - the exaction of money for the performance of a duty, the prevention of an injury, or the exercise of an influence.
Blacke booke of the admiralty
The name given by Sir Travers Twiss to the first volume of his four-volume collection, containing a variety of medieval maritime law materials, probably first compiled in the mid-fifteenth century during the reign of King Henry VI. In particular, the Blacke Booke of the Admiralty contains a version of the Rôles of Oleron.
Blacking
A practice used by certain seafarers' trades union against flag-of-convenience shipowners to compel them, by measures causing economic duress.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Black book of the exchequer
The name of a book kept in the English exchequer, containing a collection of treaties) conventions, charters.
Black mail
When rents were reserved payable in work, grain, and the like, they were called reditus nigri, or black mail, to distinguish them from white rents or blanch farms, or such as were paid in money.
Blacke booke of the admiralty
The name given by Sir Travers Twiss to the first volume of his four-volume collection, containing a variety of medieval maritime law materials, probably first compiled in the mid-fifteenth century during the reign of King Henry VI. In particular, the Blacke Booke of the Admiralty contains a version of the Rôles of Oleron.
Blacking
A practice used by certain seafarers' trades union against flag-of-convenience shipowners to compel them, by measures causing economic duress.
Black-mail
French maille, a small coin. Rent reserved in work, grain, or the baser money. Opposed, white rent: rent paid in silver. In common parlance, extortion - the exaction of money for the performance of a duty, the prevention of an injury, or the exercise of an influence.
Blackstone, Sir William
Blanch firmes
The same as white rent.
Blank bar
Pleading. The same with that called a common bar, whicb, in an action of trespass, is put in to oblige the plaintiff to assign the certain' place where the trespass was committed.
Blank indorsement
Contracts. An indorsement which does not mention the name of the person in whose favor it is made; it is usually made by writing the name of the indorser on the back of the bill.
Blasphemy
Greek blas phemein', to speak ill or evil of. Denying the being or providence of the Almighty, or contumelious reproaching of Christ; also, profane scoffling at the Holy Scripture, or exposing it to contempt or ridicule. Maliciously reviling God or religion. An offense at common law. The reviling is an offense because it tends to corrupt the morals of the people and to destroy good order. Such offenses have always been considered independent of any religious establishment or the rights of the church. They are treated as affecting Body. Compare Corpus. The physical person. The natural body or such as is formed by the laws of God, as distinguished from an artificial body or such as is devised by human laws.
Blind
One who is deprived of the faculty of seeing.
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