Criminal extortion. The threat of disclosure by a person with knowledge of a private, embarrassing matter which would subject the victim to significant humiliation and ruin unless that person pays a significant amount of money to prevent the disclosure. … [Read more...] about BLACKMAIL
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BLANK INDORSEMENT
contrad. 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. 2. When a bill or note has been indorsed in blank, its negotiability cannot afterwards be restrained. As many persons as agree may join in suing on a bill when indorsed in blank; for although it was … [Read more...] about BLANK INDORSEMENT
BLACK ACTS
Old Scotch statutes passed in the reigns of the Stuarts and down to the year 1586 or 1587, so called because printed in black letter. Bell … [Read more...] about BLACK ACTS
BLACK-MAIL
1. In one of its original meanings, this term denoted a tribute paid by English dwellers along the Scottish border to influential chieftains of Scotland, as a condition of securing immunity from raids of marauders and border thieves. 2. It also designated rents payable in cattle, grain, work, and the like. Such rents were called "black mail," (reditus nigri,) in distinction … [Read more...] about BLACK-MAIL
BLANKET INSURANCE
Insurance that covers multiple properties or that is complete in covering an entire lot of a number of items or issues. … [Read more...] about BLANKET INSURANCE