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bundled software.Software that is sold together with hardware, other software, or services at a single price.[Blacks Law 8th]

bundle. See RECORD(4). bundle,vb. To sell related products or services in one transaction at an all-inclusive price.[Blacks Law 8th]

bunco steerer. 1. One who uses tricks, schemes, or other illegal devices to obtain money or property from others; a swindler. 2. One who acts as a decoy in bunco. — Also termed bunco operator; bunco man. See CONFIDENCE MAN. [Blacks Law 8th]

bunco. A swindling game or scheme; any trick or ploy calculated to win a person’s confidence in an attempt to deceive that person. — Also spelled bunko. — Also termed bunco steering. Cf. CONFIDENCE GAME. [Cases: False Pretenses  16.][Blacks Law 8th]

bumping. 1. Displacement of a junior employee’s position by a senior employee. 2. An airline-industry practice of denying seats to passengers because of overbooking. [Cases: Carriers  236(1.2). C.J.S. Carriers § 493.][Blacks Law 8th]

bum-marriage doctrine.Evidence. The principle that the marital-witness privilege may not be asserted by a partner in a marriage that is in fact moribund, though legally valid. See marital privilege (2) under PRIVILEGE (3). [Cases: Witnesses  51. C.J.S. Witnesses §§ 147, 159, 163–164, 171, 173.][Blacks Law 8th]

bumbershoot insurance.See INSURANCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

bumbailiff. See BAILIFF. [Blacks Law 8th]

bullpen.Slang. 1. An area in a prison where inmates are kept in close confinement. 2. A detention cell where prisoners are held until they are brought into court.[Blacks Law 8th]

bull market.See MARKET.[Blacks Law 8th]