Legal Definition and Related Resources of Board

Meals regularly provided for pay. Also, an organized official body. A term frequently used to refer to the board of directors of a corporation .

The governing body of officers of a corporation or municipality. The members are usually called directors, trustees, aldermen, or supervisors. Also, the body or commission invested with control or supervision of particular functions, and matters of government, as public health, charities, or improvements.

noun

• bureau
• cabinet
• commission
• conlegium
• consistory
• consultative body
• council
• court
• curia
• department
• directorate
• directorship
• governing body
• judicatory
• management
• presidium
• tribunal
• Associated Concepts: advisory boards
• board of aldermen
• board of arbitrators
• board of directors
• board of education
• board of elections
• board of equalization
• board of examiners
• board of finance
• board of health
• board of medical examiners
• board of public works
• board of review
• board of special inquiry
• board of supervisors
• board of trade
• boardoftrustees
• de facto boards
• draft board
• local board
• maritime board
• qualification board
• revenue board
• welfare board
• zoning board

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Translate Parole Board from English to Spanish

Translation of Parole Board , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Junta de libertad condicional and other legal terms is available here.

• Junta de libertad condicional
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What does Board mean in American Law?

The definition of Board in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

Widely used designation for a group of persons with powers (managerial, investigatory, supervisory, etc.) exercisable jointly, generally bound to act by some internal rule like majoritarianism. There are governmental boards (e.g., “board of education”) and private ones (e.g., “board of directors”). The word is almost as ubiquitous as committee, though the implication is usually that a board is more likely to have final power than a committee.

It might be noted that the sinister-sounding “junta” (as in “Panama is now governed by a revolutionary junta”) is just the Spanish word for board. Cf. commissar.

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Concept of Board in the context of Real Property

Alternatives definitions of Board: (1) A term which, in the lumber trade, refers to a piece of lumber less than 2 inches thick, and 8 or more inches wide. (2) A group of persons authorized by law to exercise management and control, either of a public function, such as a board of supervisors, board of health, etc., or a private corporation, as a board of directors.

Concept of Board in the context of Real Property

Alternatives definitions of Board: (1) A term which, in the lumber trade, refers to a piece of lumber less than 2 inches thick, and 8 or more inches wide. (2) A group of persons authorized by law to exercise management and control, either of a public function, such as a board of supervisors, board of health, etc., or a private corporation, as a board of directors.