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blotter.1.ARREST RECORD. 2.WASTE BOOK.[Blacks Law 8th]

blood test.The medical analysis of blood, esp. to establish paternity or (as required in some states) to test for sexually transmitted diseases in marriage-license applicants. See SEROLOGICAL TEST. BLOODWITE bloodwite.Hist. 1.EFFUSIO SANGUINIS(1).2.EFFUSIO SANGUINIS(2).3. The right to levy a fine involving the shedding of blood. 4. The exemption from the payment of a fine involving the…

blood relative.See RELATIVE. [Blacks Law 8th]

blood money. 1.Hist. A payment given by a murderer’s family to the next of kin of the murder victim. — Also termed wer. 2. A reward given for the apprehension of a person charged with a crime, esp. capital murder.[Blacks Law 8th]

blood-grouping test.A test used in paternity and illegitimacy cases to determine whether a particular man could be the father of a child, examples being the genetic-marker test and the human-leukocyte antigen test. • The test does not establish paternity; rather, it eliminates men who could       not        be         the        father.   See…

blood feud.See FEUD(4).[Blacks Law 8th]

blood border.Slang. The dividing line between adjoining states that have different minimum drinking ages. • The term derives from the fact that juveniles from the state with the higher minimum age drive to the state with a lower minimum age, purchase and consume alcohol, and drive home intoxicated.[Blacks Law 8th]

blood alcohol content.The concentration of alcohol in one’s bloodstream, expressed as a percentage. • Blood alcohol content is used to determine whether a person is legally intoxicated, esp. under a driving-while-intoxicated law. In many states, a blood alcohol content of .08% is enough to charge a person with an offense. — Abbr. BAC. — Also…

blood, corruption of the.See CORRUPTION OF BLOOD. [Blacks Law 8th]

blood. A relationship between persons arising by descent from a common ancestor. See RELATIVE. entire blood.See full blood. full blood.The relationship existing between persons having the same two parents; unmixed ancestry. — Also termed whole blood; entire blood. half blood.The relationship existing between persons having the same father or mother, but not both parents in…