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bypass trust.See TRUST.[Blacks Law 8th]

by operation of law.See OPERATION OF LAW.[Blacks Law 8th]

bylaw man.Hist. One of the chief men of a town, usu. appointed for some purpose under the town’s corporate bylaws.[Blacks Law 8th]

  bylaw [fr. Danish bye, Old Norse byr, “town”] 1.Parliamentary law. (usu. pl.) A rule or administrative provision adopted by an organization for its internal governance and its external dealings. • Although the bylaws may be an organization’s most authoritative governing document, they are subordinate to a charter or articles of incorporation or association or…

by God and my country.Hist. A customary reply for a criminal defendant when asked at arraignment, “Culprit, how wilt thou be tried?”[Blacks Law 8th]

by-election. See ELECTION(3).[Blacks Law 8th]

by-bidding. The illegal practice of employing a person to bid at an auction for the sole purpose of stimulating bidding on the seller’s property. — Also termed puffing. Cf. BIDDING UP; SHILLING(1). [Cases: Auctions and Auctioneers  7. C.J.S. Auctions and Auctioneers §§ 2, 8–17.][Blacks Law 8th]

by-bidder. At an auction, a person employed by the seller to bid on property for the sole purpose of stimulating bidding by potential genuine buyers; SHILL(2). — Also termed puffer. [Cases: Auctions and Auctioneers  7.C.J.S. Auctions and Auctioneers §§ 2, 8–17.][Blacks Law 8th]

BXA.abbr.BUREAU OF EXPORT ADMINISTRATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

BW.abbr.BID WANTED.[Blacks Law 8th]