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bona castrensia et quasi castrensia (boh-n<<schwa>> ka-stren-shee-<<schwa>> et kway-sI [orkway-zI] ka-stren-shee-<<schwa>>). [Latin “goods acquired for military or quasi-military (i.e., public) service”] Roman law. The property that a son could dispose of, by testament or otherwise, without his paterfamilias’s consent. See PATERFAMILIAS.[Blacks Law 8th]

bona activa (boh-n<<schwa>> ak-tI-v<<schwa>>). [Latin “active goods”] 1. Assets. See ASSET(1).2. The claims that a person has against others. Cf. BONA PASSIVA.[Blacks Law 8th]

bona (boh-n<<schwa>>), n.[Latin “goods”] Chattels; personal property. Cf. BIENS. bona adventitia (boh-n<<schwa>> ad-ven-tish-ee-<<schwa>>). [Latin] 1.Roman law. Goods acquired by free persons in some way other than through their paterfamilias, or by slaves in a way other than through their owner. 2.Civil law. Goods acquired fortuitously, but not by inheritance. — Also spelled bona adventicia. —…

bombardment.Int’l law. An attack from land, sea, or air with weapons that are capable of destroying enemy targets at a distance with bombs, missiles, or projectiles.[Blacks Law 8th]

bolts.Hist. Student-argued cases in the Inns of Court. • These practice cases were held privately, in contrast to the more formal and public moots. — Also termed boltings.[Blacks Law 8th]

bolster,vb. To enhance (unimpeached evidence) with additional evidence. • This practice is often considered improper when lawyers seek to enhance the credibility of their own witnesses. [Cases: Witnesses  318. C.J.S. Witnesses §§ 562–564.][Blacks Law 8th]

Bolger test. The judicial test for determining whether a statement is commercial speech, by examining (1) whether it is an advertisement; (2) whether it refers to a specific product or service; and (3) whether the speaker has an economic motivation for making the statement. Bolger v. Youngs Drug Prods. Corp., 463 U.S. 60, 66–67, 103…

boiler-room transaction.Slang. A high-pressure telephone sales pitch, often of a fraudulent nature.

boilerplate,n.1. Ready-made or all-purpose language that will fit in a variety of documents. • The term, first recorded in 1893, may have referred to steel plates affixed to boilers. But the modern sense comes from the use of the term to refer to copy set on printing plates (or molds to make the plates) and…

bogus will.See WILL. [Blacks Law 8th]