BIENNIUM

biennium (bI-en-ee-<<schwa>>m).1. A two-year period. 2. The period for which many state

legislatures make appropriations. [Cases: States  131.C.J.S. States §§ 234–239.] BIENS

biens (beenz or byenz). [French] Hist. Goods; property. • Biens includes real property in most

civil-law jurisdictions. Cf. BONA.[Blacks Law 8th]