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bourse (buurs). [French] French law. An exchange; a stock exchange. — Also termed bourse de commerce.[Blacks Law 8th]

bounty-land warrant.Hist. A state- or federal-government-issued certificate affirming a veteran’s eligibility to apply for ownership of a certain amount of public land. • A veteran had to apply for a bounty-land warrant; it was not automatically granted. When the application was approved, the veteran received notice that the warrant had been issued in the veteran’s…

bounty land.See LAND.[Blacks Law 8th]

tainted evidence.See EVIDENCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

taint,n.1. A conviction of felony. 2. A person so convicted. See ATTAINDER. taint,vb.1. To imbue with a noxious quality or principle. 2. To contaminate or corrupt. 3. To tinge or affect slightly for the worse. — taint,n. [Blacks Law 8th]

bounty hunter.A person who for a fee pursues someone charged with or suspected of a crime; esp., a person hired by a bail-bond company to find and arrest a criminal defendant who has breached the bond agreement by failing to appear in court as ordered. — Also termed bail-enforcement agent.[Blacks Law 8th]

are either general, or special…. Tenant in tail-special is where the gift is restrained to certain heirs … and does not go to all of them in general. And this may happen in several ways. I shall instance in only one: as where lands and tenements are given to a man and the heirs of…

.A tail limited to specified heirs of the donee’s body. — Also termed special tail. [Cases: Estates in Property 12; Wills 604. C.J.S. Estates §§ 22–27; Wills § 1258.] [Blacks Law 8th]

A limitation to male heirs. — Also termed tail general. [Cases: Estates in Property 12; Wills 604. C.J.S. Estates §§ 22–27; Wills § 1258.] [Blacks Law 8th]

. 1. A tail limited to the issue of a particular person, but not to that of a particular couple. — Also termed general tail. 2. See tail male. [Cases: Estates in Property 12; Wills 604. C.J.S. Estates §§ 22–27; Wills § 1258.] [Blacks Law 8th]