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

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

bearer bond.See BOND(3).[Blacks Law 8th]

bearer bill of lading.See BILL OF LADING. [Blacks Law 8th]

bearer. One who possesses a negotiable instrument marked “payable to bearer” or indorsed in blank. [Cases: Banks and Banking  137; Bills and Notes  118, 153. C.J.S. Banks and Banking §§ 328, 330; Bills and Notes; Letters of Credit §§ 80, 82, 128.][Blacks Law 8th]

bear drive.See BEAR RAID. [Blacks Law 8th]

beak.BrE slang. A magistrate or justice of the peace.[Blacks Law 8th]

beadle (beed-<<schwa>>l).1.Hist. A court crier with duties similar to those of a constable. See NUNTIUS(3).2.Hist. Eccles. law. A minor parish officer who serves the vestry’s needs in various ways, including giving notice of the vestry’s meetings, executing its orders, and attending its inquests. 3. A macebearer at Oxford University or Cambridge University. — Also spelled…

BEA.abbr.BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS. [Blacks Law 8th]

BCIA.abbr. BERNE CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION ACT.[Blacks Law 8th]