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Bruton error (broot-<<schwa>>n). The violation of a criminal defendant’s constitutional right of confrontation by admitting into evidence a nontestifying codefendant’s confession that implicates both of them, where the statement is not admissible against the defendant under any exception to the hearsay rule. • The error is not cured by a limiting instruction to the jury…

Brussels Satellite Convention.Copyright. A 1974 treaty standardizing the regulation of broadcasting and cable retransmission using satellites. • Since the Convention addresses regulation of the signal rather than copyright or neighboring rights, what is transmitted is protected even if the content is not protected by any intellectual-property right. The U.S. ratified the Brussels Satellite Convention in…

brownfield site.An abandoned, idled, or underused industrial or commercial site that is difficult to expand or redevelop because of environmental contamination. Cf. GREENFIELD SITE(1).[Blacks Law 8th]

brother-sister corporation.See sister corporation under CORPORATION.[Blacks Law 8th]

brother-in-law. The brother of one’s spouse or the husband of one’s sister. • The husband of one’s spouse’s sister is also sometimes considered a brother-in-law. Pl. brothers-in-law.[Blacks Law 8th]

brother. A male who has one parent or both parents in common with another person. brother-german. A full brother; the son of both of one’s parents. See GERMAN. consanguine brother (kahn-sang-gwin or k<<schwa>>n-san-gwin).Civil law. A brother who has the same father, but a different mother. half brother.A brother who has the same father or the…

brothel. A building or business where prostitutes ply their trade; a whorehouse. — Also termed house of ill fame. See DISORDERLY HOUSE(2).[Blacks Law 8th]

broker’s note.See NOTE(3).[Blacks Law 8th]

  broker’s broker.See BROKER. [Blacks Law 8th]

broker for sale.See BROKER.[Blacks Law 8th]