Bachelor

Bachelor [Fr. bachelier, Lat. baccalarius], one who takes the degree of apprentice or student of arts (B.A.), preliminary to that of master (M.A.), at the universities. Also, an unmarried man. Knight bachelor, a man who has been knighted without being made a member of any order of knighthood, as the Bath....

bachelor of laws

bachelor of laws 1 : the lowest degree conferred by a law school in Canada and formerly in the U.S. see also juris doctor 2 : an undergraduate degree in law conferred by a school of law in England and Wales ...

Knight bachelor

A knight of the most ancient but lowest order of English knights and not a member of any order of chivalry See Bachelor 4...

Knights bachelors

Knights bachelors [fr. bas chevalier, Fr.], the most ancient though lowest order of knighthood, formerly entitled to a pennon in battle. See BAS-CHEVALIERS; KNIGHT....

Post-graduate degree

Post-graduate degree, by 'post-graduate degree' is meant a Master's degree like the M.A. or M.Sc. and not a Bachelor's degree like the B.T. In other words, the expression connotes the successful completion of a course of studies at a higher level in any speciality, after the acquisition of a basic qualification at the graduate level. The B.T. course of studies, is open only to graduates and in a dictionary manner of speaking, the degree of 'Bachelor of Teaching' may be said to be a 'post' graduate degree in the same that the degree is obtainable only 'after graduation', Juthika Bhattacharya v. State of Madhya Pradesh, AIR 1976 SC 2534 (2536): (1976) 4 SCC 96.Post-graduate degree, has acquired, in the educatio-nal world, a special significance, a technical content. A Bachelor's degree like the B.T., or the LL.B. is not considered to be a postgraduate degree even though those degrees can be taken only after post-graduate. In the refined and elegant world of education, it is the holder of...

Knight

Knight, a title of honour; when used simply, denoting a knight bachelor, who does not belong to any Order of Knighthood. It entitles the person on whom it is conferred to be styled 'Sir,' and his wife 'Dame.' The recognised courtesy title of Lady'is, however, almost universally adopted for the wife of knight bachelor. A knight is now made by the sovereign touching him with a sword as he kneels, and saying, 'Rise, Sir',' or by Letters Patent. See Halsbury's Laws of England.'...

juris doctor

juris doctor often cap J&D [New Latin, doctor of law] : the lowest degree conferred by a law school usually after three years of full-time study or its equivalent compare master of laws, doctor of laws, doctor of the science of law NOTE: The juris doctor replaced the bachelor of laws as the first degree conferred by a law school in 1969. Not all states mention the J.D. or LL.B. specifically as a requirement for admission to the bar, but all states do require graduation from a law school. ...

LL.B.

LL.B. bachelor of laws ...

Bluebottle

an annual Eurasian plant Centaurea cyanus which grows in grain fields called also bachelors button It receives its name from its blue bottle shaped flowers Varieties cultivated in North America have showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers...

Celibacy

The state of being unmarried single life esp that of a bachelor or of one bound by vows not to marry...

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