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See bad-conduct discharge under DISCHARGE.[Blacks Law 8th]

Bayh–Dole Act.Patents. A federal statute that permits the U.S. Government to take title to or require licensing of nongovernmental inventions made by small businesses and nonprofit organizations while participating in federally funded programs. • Under the Act, an entity funded by the federal government must timely disclose any invention made in the course of a…

  bay.Int’l law. An inlet of the sea, over which the coastal country exercises jurisdiction to enforce its environmental, immigration, and customs laws. [Cases: International Law  5. C.J.S. International Law §§ 14–20.] historic bay.A bay that, because of its shape, would not be considered a bay subject to the coastal country’s jurisdiction, except for that…

Baumes Law.A statute that provides for stricter criminal prosecution and penalties up to life imprisonment for an offender who has four convictions for felonies or certain misdemeanors. • The first Baumes Law, named for New York state Senator Caleb H. Baumes, was passed by the New York legislature in 1926. Cf. THREE-STRIKES LAW.[Blacks Law 8th]

battle of the forms.The conflict between the terms of standard forms exchanged between a buyer and a seller during contract negotiations. • In its original version, UCC § 2-207 attempted to resolve battles of the forms by abandoning the common-law requirement of mirror-image acceptance and providing that a definite expression of acceptance may create a…

battery,n.1.Criminal law. The use of force against another, resulting in harmful or offensive contact. — Also termed criminal battery. [Cases: Assault and Battery  48. C.J.S. Assault and Battery §§ 2–3, 62, 64–66, 81.] “Criminal battery, sometimes defined briefly as the unlawful application of force to the person of another, may be divided into its three…

battered-woman syndrome.Family law. A constellation of medical and psychological conditions of a woman who has suffered physical, sexual, or emotional abuse at the hands of a spouse or lover. • Battered-woman syndrome was first described in the early 1970s by Dr. Lenore Walker. It consists of a three-stage cycle of violence: (1) the tension-building stage,…

battered woman.Family law. A woman who is the victim of domestic violence; a woman who has suffered physical, emotional, or sexual abuse at the hands of a spouse or partner. See domestic violence under VIOLENCE.[Blacks Law 8th]

battered-wife syndrome.See BATTERED-WOMAN SYNDROME.[Blacks Law 8th]

battered-spouse syndrome.See BATTERED-WOMAN SYNDROME. [Blacks Law 8th]