Law Dictionary Definitions

box day.Hist. Scots law. One of the vacation days formerly appointed for filing papers in the Court of Session.[Blacks Law 8th]

box,vb. Hist. Eng. & Scots law.To file a paper with a court of law.[Blacks Law 8th]

  bow-bearer.Hist. An officer responsible for apprehending trespassers and poachers in the king’s forest.[Blacks Law 8th]

bovata terrae (boh-vay-t<<schwa>> ter-ee). [Law Latin] Hist. See OXGANG.[Blacks Law 8th]

boutique (boo-teek). A small specialty business; esp., a small law firm specializing in one particular aspect of law practice <a tax boutique>.[Blacks Law 8th]

bourse (buurs). [French] French law. An exchange; a stock exchange. — Also termed bourse de commerce.[Blacks Law 8th]

bounty-land warrant.Hist. A state- or federal-government-issued certificate affirming a veteran’s eligibility to apply for ownership of a certain amount of public land. • A veteran had to apply for a bounty-land warrant; it was not automatically granted. When the application was approved, the veteran received notice that the warrant had been issued in the veteran’s…

bounty land.See LAND.[Blacks Law 8th]

tainted evidence.See EVIDENCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

taint,n.1. A conviction of felony. 2. A person so convicted. See ATTAINDER. taint,vb.1. To imbue with a noxious quality or principle. 2. To contaminate or corrupt. 3. To tinge or affect slightly for the worse. — taint,n. [Blacks Law 8th]