Law Dictionary Definitions

borough sessions.Criminal court sessions held before a municipal recorder. Cf. BOROUGH COURTS; RECORDER(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

borough reeve.See REEVE. [Blacks Law 8th]

borough-holder. See BORSHOLDER.[Blacks Law 8th]

borough fund.English law. The revenue generated by a municipal borough.[Blacks Law 8th]

borough court.English law. An inferior civil court of record, usu. presided over by the municipal recorder. • Most borough courts were abolished by Parliament in 1972. Cf. BOROUGH SESSIONS; RECORDER(1). BOROUGH ENGLISH borough English.Hist. A common-law rule of descent whereby the youngest son (or sometimes the youngest daughter or collateral heir) inherited all his father’s…

borough (b<<schwa>>r-<<schwa>>), n.1. A town or township with a municipal charter, such as one of the five political divisions of New York City. [Cases: Municipal Corporations  6. C.J.S. Municipal Corporations § 12.] 2.English law. A chartered town that originally sent a member to Parliament. 3.Hist. A fortified or important town. — Also spelled burgh.[Blacks Law…

born valid.Patents. Presumed to be good; entitled to the legal presumption that a patent was justified when issued and that challengers bear the burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence that the patent should not have been granted. • Defenses against infringement claims take one of three tacks: denying that the product infringes on…

  born-alive test. 1. Under the common law, a showing that an infant was completely expelled from the mother’s womb and possessed a separate and independent existence from the mother. 2. A showing that an infant, at the time of birth, was capable of living a separate and independent existence (regardless of how long the…

borh.1.BORG. 2.BORROW. [Blacks Law 8th]  

bork (bork), vb. Slang. 1. (Of the U.S. Senate) to reject a nominee, esp. for the U.S. Supreme Court, on grounds of the nominee’s unorthodox political and legal philosophy. • The term derives from the name of Robert Bork, President Ronald Reagan’s unsuccessful nominee for the Supreme Court in 1987. 2. (Of political and legal…