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  • Beatification

    Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Beatification (You may find beatification at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). c. 1500, “act of rendering blessed,” from Middle French béatification, noun of action and state from past participle stem of […]

  • Beatification

    Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Beatification (You may find beatification at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). c. 1500, “act of rendering blessed,” from Middle French béatification, noun of action and state from past participle stem of […]

  • Beneficiary’s Demand

    Concept of Beneficiary’s Demand in the context of Real Property A short definition of Beneficiary’s Demand: Written instructions by a beneficiary under a deed of trust stating and demanding the amount necessary for issuance of a reconveyance, whether a full or partial amount.

  • Beaufort Wind Force Scale

    Beaufort Wind Force Scale in Maritime Law Note: There is more information on maritime/admiralty law here.The following is a definition of Beaufort Wind Force Scale, produced by Tetley, in the context of admiralty law: A table describing wind forces in numbers (from 1 to 17), ranging from […]

  • Belligerent Recognition

    Belligerent Recognition

    A provisional recognition by other states of an insurgent group with some prospects for success in their revolutionary war.

  • Belligerent

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Belligerent Meaning of Belligerent ActuaUy at war. Applied to nations. Wheat. Int. Law, 380 et seq.; 1 Kent, Comm. 89. The subject of a hostile power. Browse You might be interested in these […]

  • Berdache

    See two-spirited….

  • Bench Mark

    Also benchmark. Originally a surveyor’s mark cut into some durable surface, e.g., a stone or wooden post, as a guide for measuring elevations and hence distances. Now used metaphorically to mean any fixed standard, as in Our statute will become a benchmark for all future […]

  • Bearer

    Payee . Town of Thompson v Penine, 106 U. S. 589,1 S. Ct. 564.

  • Benevolent Associations

    Mutual benefit society….

  • Best Loser System

    Best Loser System in Voting Law Definition of Best Loser System in the context of the United States election law: Provision under which previously unsuccessful candidates with the most votes in a certain group (e.g. among women) will be elected to the legislature, even if they have fewer votes […]

  • Bell Curve

    Definition of Bell Curve The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Bell Curve: Discovered by Abraham de Moivre (1667-1754) when he noticed that many phenomena cluster around an average value and in so doing form a bell shaped curve. The heights of Canadians […]

  • Beneficiary’s Statement

    Concept of Beneficiary’s Statement in the context of Real Property A short definition of Beneficiary’s Statement: A statement by a lender under a deed of trust, setting forth the pertinent information necessary to assume said deed of trust, such as the unpaid balance, monthly payment, […]

  • Beaver Decision

    Definition of Beaver Decision The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Beaver Decision: In this case, regarding an alleged crime of drug trafficking, the Supreme Court of Canada decided that the test of mens rea (criminal intent) could be, to some extent, […]

  • Beneficial Estate

    Concept of Beneficial Estate in the context of Real Property A short definition of Beneficial Estate: An estate, the right to possession of which has been postponed, such as a devise under a will. More commonly, an estate, the legal ownership of which has not yet vested, as under a land […]