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blind pig.See BLIND TIGER. [Blacks Law 8th]

blind entry.See ENTRY(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

blind-bidding.Copyright. In the licensing of movies for first-run engagements, the practice by film distributors of requiring theater owners to bid for and book movies without having seen them. By statute, some states prohibit blind-bidding.[Blacks Law 8th]

blending clause.A provision in a will disposing of both the testator’s own property and the property over which the testator has a power of appointment, so that the two types of property are treated as a unit. [Cases: Wills  589.][Blacks Law 8th]

blended trust.See TRUST.[Blacks Law 8th]

blended sentence.See SENTENCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

blended fund.See FUND(1).[Blacks Law 8th]

blended family.See FAMILY.[Blacks Law 8th]

blasphemy (blas-f<<schwa>>-mee), n. Irreverence toward God, religion, a religious icon, or something else considered sacred. • Blasphemy was a crime at common law and remains so in some U.S. jurisdictions, but it is rarely if ever enforced because of its questionable constitutionality under the First Amendment. Cf. PROFANITY. [Cases: Criminal Law  45.20. C.J.S. Criminal Law…

blank stock.See STOCK.[Blacks Law 8th]