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bedrip.Hist. A copyhold tenant’s service of reaping the landlord’s grain. — Also spelled bederepre; biderepe.[Blacks Law 8th]

bederepre. See BEDRIP. [Blacks Law 8th]

beaupleader (boh-plee-d<<schwa>>r). [Law French “fair pleading”] Hist. 1.A fine imposed for bad or unfair pleading. 2. A writ of prohibition that prevented a sheriff from taking a fine for bad pleading. • The Statute of Marlbridge (1267) prohibited the taking of fines for this type of pleading. See PROHIBITION(2). BEAUTY CONTEST beauty contest.Slang. A meeting…

be at the horn.Scots law. See PUT TO THE HORN.[Blacks Law 8th]

  beat,n.1. A law-enforcement officer’s patrol territory. 2. A colloquial term for the principal county subdivision in some southern states, such as Alabama, Mississippi, and South Carolina. 3. A voting precinct.[Blacks Law 8th]

bear raid.Slang. High-volume stock selling by a large trader in an effort to drive down a stock price in a short time. • Bear raids are prohibited by federal law. — Also termed bear drive.[Blacks Law 8th]

bear market.See MARKET. [Blacks Law 8th]

bear hug.Slang. A (usu. hostile) takeover strategy in which the acquiring entity offers the target firm a price per share that is significantly higher than market value, intending to squeeze the target into accepting. reverse bear hug.A maneuver by which a takeover target responds to a bidder’s offer by showing a willingness to negotiate but…

bearer security.See SECURITY.[Blacks Law 8th]

bearer paper.See PAPER.[Blacks Law 8th]