Law Dictionary Definitions

bare steerageway.Maritime law. The lowest speed necessary for a vessel to maintain course.[Blacks Law 8th]

bare promise.See gratuitous promise under PROMISE.[Blacks Law 8th]

bare possibility.See naked possibility under POSSIBILITY.[Blacks Law 8th]

bare ownership.See trust ownership under OWNERSHIP. [Blacks Law 8th]

bare licensee.See LICENSEE.[Blacks Law 8th]

bare license.See LICENSE.[Blacks Law 8th]

barebones indictment.See INDICTMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

  bar date.Patents. The date by which a U.S. patent application must be filed to avoid losing the right to receive a patent. • In the U.S., the bar date for a patent application is one year after the invention is disclosed in a publication or patented in another country, or put into public use,…

bar association.An organization of members of the legal profession <several state bar associations sponsor superb CLE programs>. See BAR(2). [Cases: Attorney and Client  31. C.J.S. Attorney and Client §§ 8–9.] local bar association.A bar association organized on a local level, such as an association within a county or city. • Local bar associations are voluntary…

bannum. See BANN. BAR bar,n.1. In a courtroom, the railing that separates the front area, where court business is conducted, from the back area, which provides seats for observers; by extension, a similar railing in a legislative assembly <the spectator stood behind the bar>.2. The whole body of lawyers qualified to practice in a given…