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building-and-loan association.A quasi-public corporation that accumulates funds through member contributions and lends money to the members buying or building homes. Cf. SAVINGS-AND-LOAN ASSOCIATION. [Cases: Building and Loan Associations  1, 24–37. C.J.S. Building and Loan Associations, Savings and Loan Associations, and Credit Unions §§ 2–4, 11, 18–19, 66–67, 69, 71–74, 77–100, 109–113, 115.] [Blacks Law 8th]

building. A structure with walls and a roof, esp. a permanent structure. • For purposes of some criminal statutes, such as burglary and arson, the term building may include such things as motor vehicles and watercraft. accessory building.A building separate from but complementing the main structure on a lot, such as a garage. • The…

bugging,n. A form of electronic surveillance by which conversations may be electronically intercepted, overheard, or recorded, usu. covertly; eavesdropping by electronic means. See EAVESDROPPING; WIRETAPPING. [Cases: Telecommunications  494. C.J.S. Telegraphs, Telephones, Radio, and Television §§ 247–249, 254, 264–265.][Blacks Law 8th]

buggery,n. Sodomy or bestiality. See SODOMY. [Cases: Sodomy  1.C.J.S. Sodomy §§ 2–6.] — bugger,vb. — bugger,n.[Blacks Law 8th]

bug. 1. A flaw or mistake in a computer program that results in an error or undesired result. 2. The printed mark of a labor union. [Blacks Law 8th]

buffer zone.Land-use planning. An area of land separating two different zones or areas to help each blend more easily with the other, such as a strip of land between industrial and residential areas. [Cases: Zoning and Planning  31, 272. C.J.S. Zoning and Land Planning §§ 40, 42, 122.][Blacks Law 8th]

Buenos Aires Convention.Copyright. A 1910 treaty regulating copyright reciprocity among Latin American nations and the United States. • Under this agreement, the phrase “all rights reserved” guaranteed copyright protection in member nations. Since all the Convention’s signatories are now signatories to more recent and broader international-copyright treaties, this Convention now has little if any practical…

budget bill.See BILL(3).[Blacks Law 8th]

Buckley Amendment.See FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT.[Blacks Law 8th]

bucket shop.Securities. An establishment that is nominally engaged in stock-exchange transactions or some similar business, but in fact engages in registering bets or wagers, usu. for small amounts, on the rise or fall of the prices of stocks and commodities. • A bucket shop uses the terms and outward forms of the exchanges, but differs…