In old English law. Battel; the trial by combat or duellum. … [Read more...] about BATATLLE
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BAYOU
A species of creek or stream common in Louisiana and Texas. An outlet from a swamp, pond, or lagoon, to a river, or the sea. See Surgett v. Lapice, 8 How. 48, 70, 12 L, Ed. 982. … [Read more...] about BAYOU
BARRIER
In mining law and the usage of miners, is a wall of coal left between two mines. … [Read more...] about BARRIER
BASILICA
The name given to a compilation of Roman and Greek law, prepared about A. D. 880 by the Emperor Basilius, and published by his successor, Leo the Philosopher. It was written in Greek, was mainly an abridgment of Justinian's Corpus Juris, and comprised sixty books, only a portion of which are extant It remained the law of the Eastern Empire until the fall of Constantinople, in … [Read more...] about BASILICA
BATFE
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. … [Read more...] about BATFE