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batch number.See SERIES CODE.[Blacks Law 8th]

bastardy. See ILLEGITIMACY. [Blacks Law 8th]

bastard eisne.See EISNE.[Blacks Law 8th]

bastard. 1. See illegitimate child under CHILD. 2. A child born to a married woman whose husband could not be or is otherwise proved not to be the father. • Because the word is most   commonly used as a slur, its use in family-law contexts is much in decline. [Cases: Children Out-of-Wedlock  1. C.J.S.…

basse justice (bahs zhoo-stees). [Law French “low justice”] Hist. A feudal lord’s right to personally try a person charged with a minor offense.[Blacks Law 8th]

Basket Clause.See NECESSARY AND PROPER CLAUSE. [Blacks Law 8th]

basis point.One-hundredth of 1%; .01%. • Basis points are used in computing investment yields (esp. of bonds) and in apportioning costs and calculating interest rates in real-estate transactions.[Blacks Law 8th]

basis. 1. A fundamental principle; an underlying condition. 2.Tax. The value assigned to a taxpayer’s investment in property and used primarily for computing gain or loss from a transfer of the property. • When the assigned value represents the cost of acquiring the property, it is also called cost basis. — Also termed tax basis.…

basic patent.See pioneer patent under PATENT(3). BASILICA basilica (b<<schwa>>-sil-i-k<<schwa>>). [Greek] Hist.1. (cap.) A 60-book Greek summary of Justinian’s Corpus Juris Civilis, with comments (scholia). • The Basilica (“royal law”) was begun by the Byzantine emperor Basil I, and it served as a major source of the law of the Eastern Empire from the early 10th…

basic norm.See NORM. [Blacks Law 8th]