A name given collectively to the body of laws, statutes, and rules in force in various southern states prior to 1865, which regulated the institution of slavery, and particularly those forbidding their reception at public inns and on public conveyances. Civil Rights Cases, 109 U. S. 3, 3 Sup. Ct. 18, 27 L. Ed. 835. … [Read more...] about BLACK CODE
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BLANC SEIGN
In Louisiana, a paper signed at the bottom by him who intends to bind himself, give acquittance, or compromise, at the discretion of the person whom he intrusts with such blanc seign, giving him power to fill it with what he may think proper, according to agreement. Musson v. U. S. Bank, 6 Mart. O. S. (La.) 718. … [Read more...] about BLANC SEIGN
BLASPHEMY
In English law. Blasphemy is the offense of speaking matter relating to God, Jesus Christ, the Bible, or the Book of Common Prayer, intended to wound the feelings of mankind or to excite contempt and hatred against the church by law established, or to promote immorality. Sweet In American law. Any oral or written reproach maliciously cast upon God, His name, attributes, or … [Read more...] about BLASPHEMY
BLACK GAME
In English law. Heath fowl, in contradistinction to red game, as grouse. … [Read more...] about BLACK GAME
BLANCH FIRMES
The same as white rent. … [Read more...] about BLANCH FIRMES