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Bar of the House

Bar of the House, in the Lok Sabha, the Bar consists of a wooden Bar placed between two pillars near the door which opens into the Central aisle facing the Speaker and which connects the benches...

Bankrupt

Bankrupt [fr. bancus, or banque, the table or counter of a tradesman, and ruptus, Lat., broken, denoting thereby one whose shop or place of trade is broken or gone]. A debtor who does certain acts, tending...

Banking policy

Banking policy, means any policy means any policy which is specified from time to time by the Reserve Bank in the interest of the banking system or in the interest of monetary stability or sound economic...

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Bail-piece

Bail-piece, a piece of parchment containing the names of special bail, with other particulars, which, being signed by a judge, was filed in the court in which the action was pending, and notice of the bail...

Belong

Belong, the expression 'belong' has been defined as follows in the Oxford English Dictionary, 'To be the property or rightful possession of'. Mere possession, or joint possession, unaccompanied by the right to, or ownership of property...

Bees

Bees, includes at any stage in their life cycle, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 2, 4th Edn., Para 529, p. 428. These are fer' natur' and the property in them is ratione soli; but a person...

Caveat

Caveat (let him take heed), a warning or caution. If a person desired to stop the enrolment for decree in Chancery, in order to present a petition of appeal to the Lord Chancellor, he entered a...

Blank transfer

Blank transfer, in such blank transfers, the name of the transferor is entered, and the transfer deed signed by the transferor is handed over with the share scrip to the transferee, who, if he so chooses,...

Blanks

Blanks a kind of white money (value 8d.) coined by Henry V., in those parts of France which were then subject to England; forbidden to be current in this realm by 2 Hen. 6, c. 9....

Block-busting

Block-busting, means a profiteering by inducing property owners to sell hastily and often at a loss by appeals to fears of nority encroachment and then reselling at inflated prices, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005),...

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