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belongings. 1. Personal property; EFFECTS. See personal property; under PROPERTY. 2. All property, including realty.[Blacks Law 8th]

belong,vb.1. To be the property of a person or thing <this book belongs to the judge>. See OWNERSHIP. 2. To be connected with as a member <they belong to the state bar>.[Blacks Law 8th]

bellwether stock.See barometer stock under STOCK.[Blacks Law 8th]

bellum justum (bel-<<schwa>>m j<<schwa>>s-t<<schwa>>m). [Latin] Int’l law. A just war; one that the proponent considers morally and legally justifiable, such as a war against an aggressive, totalitarian regime. • Under Roman law, before war could be declared, the fetiales (a group of priests who monitored international treaties) had to certify to the Senate that just…

bellum inter duos (bel-<<schwa>>m in-t<<schwa>>r d[y]oo-ahs). [Law Latin] Hist. War between two persons; a duel.[Blacks Law 8th]

bellum (bel-<<schwa>>m). [Latin] See WAR(1).[Blacks Law 8th]

belligerent,n. A country involved in a war or other armed international conflict. Cf. NEUTRAL. — belligerent,adj[Blacks Law 8th]

belligerency.Int’l law. 1. The status assumed by a nation that wages war against another nation. [Cases: War and National Emergency  1.C.J.S. War and National Defense §§ 1, 5.] 2. The quality of being belligerent; the act or state of waging war.[Blacks Law 8th]

believe,vb.1. To feel certain about the truth of; to accept as true. Cf. SUSPECT. reasonably believe.To believe (a given fact or combination of facts) under circumstances in which a reasonable person would believe. To think or suppose.[Blacks Law 8th]

belief-cluster. In critical legal studies, a group of unconnected ideas or opinions that appear tobe related when considered together in reference to a specific subject, such as racism, sexism, or religious intolerance.[Blacks Law 8th]