Law Dictionary Definitions

bolster,vb. To enhance (unimpeached evidence) with additional evidence. • This practice is often considered improper when lawyers seek to enhance the credibility of their own witnesses. [Cases: Witnesses  318. C.J.S. Witnesses §§ 562–564.][Blacks Law 8th]

Bolger test. The judicial test for determining whether a statement is commercial speech, by examining (1) whether it is an advertisement; (2) whether it refers to a specific product or service; and (3) whether the speaker has an economic motivation for making the statement. Bolger v. Youngs Drug Prods. Corp., 463 U.S. 60, 66–67, 103…

boiler-room transaction.Slang. A high-pressure telephone sales pitch, often of a fraudulent nature.

boilerplate,n.1. Ready-made or all-purpose language that will fit in a variety of documents. • The term, first recorded in 1893, may have referred to steel plates affixed to boilers. But the modern sense comes from the use of the term to refer to copy set on printing plates (or molds to make the plates) and…

bogus will.See WILL. [Blacks Law 8th]

bogus check.See bad check under CHECK. [Blacks Law 8th]

bogus (boh-g<<schwa>>s), adj. Not genuine; counterfeit; SPURIOUS(1). Cf. GENUINE.[Blacks Law 8th]

body-snatching,n. The unlawful removal of a corpse, esp. from a grave. — body-snatcher,n.

body politic.A group of people regarded in a political (rather than private) sense and organized under a common governmental authority.[Blacks Law 8th]

body of laws.See BODY(2)[Blacks Law 8th]