Law Dictionary Definitions

bancus (bang-k<<schwa>>s). [Law Latin “bench”] Hist. English law. A court or tribunal. bancus publicus.See bancus superior. bancus reginae (bang-k<<schwa>>s r<<schwa>>-jI-nee). See QUEEN’S BENCH. bancus regis (bang-k<<schwa>>s ree-j<<schwa>>s). See KING’S BENCH. bancus superior (bang-k<<schwa>>s s<<schwa>>-peer-ee-<<schwa>>r). Upper bench. • The King’s Bench was so called during the Protectorate (1653–1659). — Abbr. b.s. — Also termed bancus publicus…

banco (bang-koh).1. A seat or bench of justice. See EN BANC. 2. A tract of land cut off by the shifting of a river’s course; esp., land that has become cut off in such a manner from the country it originally belonged to. See AVULSION(2).[Blacks Law 8th]

banc (bangk or bongk). [French] A bench; esp., the bench on which one or more judges sit. — Also spelled bank. — Also termed bancus. See EN BANC.[Blacks Law 8th]

banality (b<<schwa>>-nal-i-tee), n. Hist. Fr. Can. law. A lord’s right to make his vassals use his own winepress, oven, mill, etc.[Blacks Law 8th]

balloon-payment mortgage.See MORTGAGE. BALLOT ballot,n.1. An instrument, usu. a paper or ball, used for casting a vote. [Cases: Elections  126(5), 215. C.J.S. Elections § 118(1).] 2. The system of choosing officers by a recorded vote, usu. by marking a paper. absentee ballot.A ballot that a voter submits, sometimes by mail, before an election. — Also…

balloon payment.See PAYMENT.[Blacks Law 8th]

balloon note.See NOTE(1).[Blacks Law 8th]

ballivo amovendo (b<<schwa>>-lI-voh ay-moh-ven-doh). [Latin “a bailiff to be removed”] Hist. A writ to remove from office a bailiff who does not have sufficient land in the bailiwick as required by the Statute of Westminster (1285).[Blacks Law 8th]

balliva. See BAILIWICK.[Blacks Law 8th]

baliva. See BAILIWICK. BALLISTICS ballistics. 1. The science of the motion of projectiles, such as bullets. 2. The study of a weapon’s firing characteristics, esp. as used in criminal cases to determine a gun’s firing capacity and whether a particular gun fired a given bullet.[Blacks Law 8th]