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final order [Blacks Law 8th]

take a default judgment.To reduce to final judgment a defendant’s failure to timely answer a lawsuit. • The process usu. involves informing the court of the defendant’s failure to answer, proving damages, and submitting a proposed judgment for the judge to sign. See DEFAULT [Blacks Law 8th]

take,vb.1. To obtain possession or control, whether legally or illegally .2. To seize with authority; to confiscate or apprehend .3. To acquire (property) for public use by eminent domain; (of a governmental entity) to seize or condemn property . [Cases: Eminent Domain 1–65. C.J.S. Eminent Domain §§ 2–70, 82–83, 87–97, 104, 106–108, 115; Zoning and…

tainted stock.See STOCK [Blacks Law 8th]

box-top license.See shrink-wrap license under LICENSE.[Blacks Law 8th]

box day.Hist. Scots law. One of the vacation days formerly appointed for filing papers in the Court of Session.[Blacks Law 8th]

box,vb. Hist. Eng. & Scots law.To file a paper with a court of law.[Blacks Law 8th]

  bow-bearer.Hist. An officer responsible for apprehending trespassers and poachers in the king’s forest.[Blacks Law 8th]

bovata terrae (boh-vay-t<<schwa>> ter-ee). [Law Latin] Hist. See OXGANG.[Blacks Law 8th]

boutique (boo-teek). A small specialty business; esp., a small law firm specializing in one particular aspect of law practice <a tax boutique>.[Blacks Law 8th]