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BLANK ACCEPTANCE

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An acceptance of a bill of exchange written on the paper before the bill is made and delivered by the acceptor. … [Read more...]

BISHOP'S COURT

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In English law. An ecclesiastical court, held in the cathedral of each diocese, the judge whereof is the bishop's chancellor, who judges by the civil canon law; and, if the diocese be large, he has his commissaries in remote parts, who hold consistory courts, for matters limited to them by their commission. … [Read more...]

BLACKACRE

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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...]

BLANK BAR

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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...]

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