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Black list

Black list. The term given to any list of persons with whom the person or body compiling the list advises...

As black as coal jet black very black

Black letter law, means one or more legal principles that are old, fundamental, and well-settled. The terms refer to the...

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Black mail [fr. maille, Fr., a small piece of money], a certain rent of money, coin, or other thing, anciently...

Black Act, 9 Geo. 1, c. 22 (English), so called because it was occasioned by the outrages committed by persons...

Waltham Black Act (English), The. See BLACK ACT.

Black-leg. To call a man a 'black-leg' is not actionable unless it can be shown that the word was understood...

Black Rod, Gentleman Usher of, a chief officer of the king, deriving his name from the Black Rod of office...

Black Acts (English), Acts printed in the old black letter during the dynasty of the Stuarts in Scotland.

Black stone lawyer, means a lawyer with a broad knowledge of blackletter principles; A self-educated lawyer (especially in antebellum America)...

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