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bank acceptance.See banker’s acceptance under ACCEPTANCE(4).[Blacks Law 8th]

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

bank. 1. A financial establishment for the deposit, loan, exchange, or issue of money and for the transmission of funds; esp., a member of the Federal Reserve System. • Under securities law, a bank includes any banking institution, whether or not incorporated, doing business under federal or state law, if a substantial portion of the…

banish,vb. See EXILE.[Blacks Law 8th]

bane.Hist. A malefactor or murderer; a person whose criminal act calls for the raising of the hue and cry.[Blacks Law 8th]

bancus (bang-k<<schwa>>s). [Law Latin “bench”] Hist. English law. A court or tribunal. bancus publicus.See bancus superior. bancus reginae (bang-k<<schwa>>s r<<schwa>>-jI-nee). See QUEEN’S BENCH. bancus regis (bang-k<<schwa>>s ree-j<<schwa>>s). See KING’S BENCH. bancus superior (bang-k<<schwa>>s s<<schwa>>-peer-ee-<<schwa>>r). Upper bench. • The King’s Bench was so called during the Protectorate (1653–1659). — Abbr. b.s. — Also termed bancus publicus…

banco (bang-koh).1. A seat or bench of justice. See EN BANC. 2. A tract of land cut off by the shifting of a river’s course; esp., land that has become cut off in such a manner from the country it originally belonged to. See AVULSION(2).[Blacks Law 8th]

banc (bangk or bongk). [French] A bench; esp., the bench on which one or more judges sit. — Also spelled bank. — Also termed bancus. See EN BANC.[Blacks Law 8th]

banality (b<<schwa>>-nal-i-tee), n. Hist. Fr. Can. law. A lord’s right to make his vassals use his own winepress, oven, mill, etc.[Blacks Law 8th]

balloon-payment mortgage.See MORTGAGE. BALLOT ballot,n.1. An instrument, usu. a paper or ball, used for casting a vote. [Cases: Elections  126(5), 215. C.J.S. Elections § 118(1).] 2. The system of choosing officers by a recorded vote, usu. by marking a paper. absentee ballot.A ballot that a voter submits, sometimes by mail, before an election. — Also…