Law Dictionary Definitions

board of health.A municipal or state agency charged with protecting the public health. [Cases: Health  361.][Blacks Law 8th]

Board of Green Cloth.Hist. A group of persons responsible for governing the royal-household staff, esp. in financial matters such as accounting for expenses and paying servants’ wages. • The Board consisted of the Lord Steward and inferior officers, and its name derived from the green cloth that covered the table used by the Board to…

board of governors.1.BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 2. (cap.) FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD OF GOVERNORS .[Blacks Law 8th]

board of fire underwriters.Insurance. An unincorporated voluntary association made up of fire insurers. [Cases: Insurance  1218. C.J.S. Insurance § 1724.] [Blacks Law 8th]  

board of examiners.See EXAMINING BOARD. [Blacks Law 8th]

board of equalization.See EQUALIZATION BOARD. [Blacks Law 8th]

  Board of Appeals.Patents & trademarks. Hist. A quasi-judicial body within the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that was empowered to hear appeals by applicants whose patent applications had been wholly or partially rejected by patent examiners. • Its work is now done by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. See BOARD OF PATENT…

board of education.A state or local agency that governs and manages public schools within a state or local district. Cf. SCHOOL BOARD. [Cases: Schools  51. C.J.S. Schools and School Districts §§ 110–111.][Blacks Law 8th]

board lot.See round lot under LOT(3)[Blacks Law 8th]

board-certified,adj. (Of a professional) recognized by an official body as a specialist in a given field of law or medicine <board-certified in civil litigation>. See BOARD OF LEGAL SPECIALIZATION. [Blacks Law 8th]