Law Dictionary Definitions

bottomland. Low-lying land, often located in a river’s floodplain.[Blacks Law 8th]

bottom-hole agreement.Oil & gas. A support agreement in which the contributing party agrees to make a cash contribution to the drilling party in exchange for geological or drilling information if the well is drilled to the agreed depth. See SUPPORT AGREEMENT. [Cases: Mines and Minerals  79.2. C.J.S. Mines and Minerals § 296.][Blacks Law 8th]

bottomage bond.See bottomry bond under BOND(2).[Blacks Law 8th]

botiler of the king.Hist. An officer who provided the king’s wines. • By virtue of office, the botiler could choose two casks from every wine-laden ship. The modern word butler is derived from botiler.[Blacks Law 8th]

bothagium (bah-thay-jee-<<schwa>>m).Hist. Customary dues paid to a lord for placing a booth in a fair or market. — Also termed bord-halfpenny; boothage.[Blacks Law 8th]

boteless (boht-l<<schwa>>s), adj.1.Hist. Of or relating to an offense that cannot be expiated or otherwise remedied by the payment of a fine, the offender being required to suffer loss of liberty or life. • Boteless offenses appeared in Anglo-Saxon Britain about A.D. 700. They appear to have involved treason or violence against the king. 2.Hist.…

bote (boht).Hist. 1. A compensation or profit; esp., an allowance of wood; ESTOVER(1). — Also spelled bot; boot. cartbote. See plowbote. firebote. See housebote. haybote. See HAYBOTE. hedgebote. See HAYBOTE. housebote. An allowance of wood from the estate used to repair a house or to burn in the fireplace. — Also termed firebote. plowbote. An…

Boston interest.See INTEREST(3). [Blacks Law 8th]

  borsholder (bors-hohl-d<<schwa>>r).Hist. 1. The chief of a tithing or frankpledge. 2. A petty constable. — Also termed borough-holder; borrowhead; headborough.[Blacks Law 8th]

borrowing statute.A legislative exception to the conflict-of-laws rule holding that a forum state must apply its own statute of limitations. • A borrowing statute specifies the circumstances in which a forum state will apply another state’s statute of limitations. [Cases: Limitation of Actions  2.C.J.S. Limitations of Actions § 26.][Blacks Law 8th]