Law Dictionary Definitions

bootlegger,n. A person who manufactures, transports, or sells something illegally, esp. alcoholic beverages. See MOONSHINE. [Cases: Intoxicating Liquors  137, 138, 146. C.J.S. Intoxicating Liquors §§ 242–243, 248, 264–265, 268–270.][Blacks Law 8th]

bootleg copy.Copyright. See BOOTLEG RECORDING(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

bootleg,vb. Copyright. To make, distribute, or traffic in unauthorized sound recordings or music videos of live, broadcast, or recorded performances that have not been commercially released by the copyright owner. • The term strictly applies only to unauthorized copies of commercially unreleased performances.Dowling v. United States, 473 U.S. 207, 209 n.2, 105 S.Ct. 3127, 3129…

  boothage (boo-thij). See BOTHAGIUM[Blacks Law 8th].    

boot camp. 1. A camp for basic training of Navy or Marine Corps recruits. 2. A military-like facility esp. for juvenile offenders. • Boot camps are specialized programs for offenders who are generally nonviolent males from 17 to 25 years old. While proponents applaud the success of these programs, others find their long-term success limited…

boot,n.1.Tax. Supplemental money or property subject to tax in an otherwise tax-free exchange. [Cases: Internal Revenue  3679. C.J.S. Internal Revenue §§ 406–407.] 2.Corporations. In a corporate reorganization, anything received other than the stock or securities of a controlled corporation. 3.Commercial law. Cash or other consideration used to balance an otherwise unequal exchange. 4.Hist. ESTOVERS(1).[Blacks Law…

boon day.(usu. pl.) Hist. One of several days in the year when copyhold tenants were obliged to perform base services for the lord (such as reaping corn) without pay. — Also termed due day. — Sometimes (erroneously) termed bind day.[Blacks Law 8th]

boon,n. Hist. Unpaid services, rendered in kind or labor, without being fixed in amount or time, that some tenants owed to the landowner as a condition of tenancy.[Blacks Law 8th]

boomage. 1. A fee charged by a company for collecting and distributing logs that have accumulated in its boom (i.e., a line of sawed logs collected and stored on a stream’s surface). [Cases: Logs and Logging  14.] 2. A right to enter on riparian lands to fasten booms. 3. An anchorage fee charged by a…

book-value stock.See STOCK [Blacks Law 8th]