Law Dictionary Definitions

booking contract.An agreement by which an actor or other performer is engaged.[Blacks Law 8th]

book equity.The percentage of a corporation’s book value allocated to a particular class of stock. Cf. BOOK VALUE; MARKET EQUITY. [Blacks Law 8th]

book-entry bond.See BOND(3). [Blacks Law 8th]

book entry. 1. A notation made in an accounting journal. 2. The method of reflecting ownership of publicly traded securities whereby a customer of a brokerage firm receives confirmations of transactions and monthly statements, but not stock certificates. See CENTRAL CLEARING SYSTEM. [Cases: Brokers  23, 26. C.J.S. Brokers §§ 65, 67–69.][Blacks Law 8th]

book account.See ACCOUNT.[Blacks Law 8th]

  book,vb.1. To record in a book (as a sale or accounting item) <Jenkins booked three sales that day>.2. To record the name of (a person arrested) in a sequential list of police arrests, with details of the person’s identity (usu. including a photograph and a fingerprint), particulars about the alleged offense, and the name…

boodling.Hist. Slang. Bribery. — boodle,vb.[Blacks Law 8th]

boodle.Slang. Money paid as a bribe, usu. to a public official.[Blacks Law 8th]

bonus zoning.See incentive zoning under ZONING.[Blacks Law 8th]

bonus stock.See STOCK. [Blacks Law 8th]