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Billiard
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Billiards
A game played with ivory balls o a cloth covered rectangular table bounded by elastic cushions The player seeks to impel his ball with his cue so that it shall either strike carom upon two other...
Gaming or gambling
Turpin, (1884) 13 QBD 505. Justices of the peace, at the general annual licensing meeting, may grant annual billiard licences to such persons as they deem fit to keep billiard tables and bagatelle boards, or the like.
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balkline
line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game
Boncilate
A substance composed of ground bone mineral matters etc hardened by pressure and used for making billiard balls boxes etc
Miscue
A false stroke with a billiard cue the cue slipping from the ball struck without impelling it as desired
Bagatelle
Bagatelle. A game played with balls and a cue on a bagatelle board. A billiard license is required for a public bagatelle board, by the Gaming Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c.
Billiards
Billiards. By the (English) Gaming Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c.109), ss. 10-14, every house 'where a public
Place of public amusement
intention that money may be collected from those admitted and includes a race course, circus, theatre, music hall, billiard or bagatelle room, gymnasium, fencing school, swimming pool or dancing hall. [Delhi Police Act, 1978 (34 of 1978)
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