Law Dictionary Definitions

blood feud.See FEUD(4).[Blacks Law 8th]

blood border.Slang. The dividing line between adjoining states that have different minimum drinking ages. • The term derives from the fact that juveniles from the state with the higher minimum age drive to the state with a lower minimum age, purchase and consume alcohol, and drive home intoxicated.[Blacks Law 8th]

blood alcohol content.The concentration of alcohol in one’s bloodstream, expressed as a percentage. • Blood alcohol content is used to determine whether a person is legally intoxicated, esp. under a driving-while-intoxicated law. In many states, a blood alcohol content of .08% is enough to charge a person with an offense. — Abbr. BAC. — Also…

blood, corruption of the.See CORRUPTION OF BLOOD. [Blacks Law 8th]

blood. A relationship between persons arising by descent from a common ancestor. See RELATIVE. entire blood.See full blood. full blood.The relationship existing between persons having the same two parents; unmixed ancestry. — Also termed whole blood; entire blood. half blood.The relationship existing between persons having the same father or mother, but not both parents in…

Blonder–Tongue doctrine.Patents. The rule that a patentee is barred by collateral estoppel from relitigating the validity of a patent that has been held invalid in an earlier proceeding in which the patentee had a full and fair opportunity to litigate the patent’s validity. • The rule was adopted by the U.S. Supreme Court in Blonder–Tongue Laboratories,…

block voting.A shareholders’ agreement to cast their votes in a single block. See voting trust under TRUST.[Blacks Law 8th]

block policy.See INSURANCE POLICY. [Blacks Law 8th]

block interest.See add-on interest under INTEREST(3).[Blacks Law 8th]

blocking patent.See PATENT(3).[Blacks Law 8th]