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A name of a fictitious property that is a common law school and pedogical example when teaching real property law. When two parcels of land are involved, the other is frequently referred to as Whiteacre. … [Read more...] about BLACKACRE

pleading. The same with that called a common bar, which, in an action of trespass, is put in to oblige the plaintiff to assign the certain' place where the trespass was committed. … [Read more...] about BLANK BAR

In England, where a testator directs his real and personal estate to be sold, and disposes of the proceeds as forming one aggregate, this is called a "blended fundV' … [Read more...] about BLENDED FUND

The day which is added every fourth year to the month of February, In order to make the year agree with the course of the sun. Leap year, consisting of 366 days, and happening every fourth year, by the addition of a day in the month of February, which in that year consists of twenty nine days. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition Although the name bissextile is still … [Read more...] about BISSEXTILE

A person who gets his living by frequenting race courses and places where games of chance are played, getting the best odds, and giving the least he can, but not necessarily cheating. That is not Indictable either by statute or at common law. Barnett v. Allen, 3 HurL & N. 379. … [Read more...] about BLACKLEG