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- BAC
- Bachelor of Laws
- back-to-back life sentences
- bad debt
- bad faith
- badgering the witness
- bail
- bail bond
- bail bondsman
- bailee (custodian)
- bailiff
- bailment
- bailor
- bailout
- bait and switch
- Baker v. Carr (1962)
- balance due
- balance sheet
- balloon mortgage
- balloon payment
- ballot
- bank
- bank credit
- bankruptcy
- bankruptcy court
- bankruptcy discharge
- bankruptcy estate
- bankruptcy petition preparer
- bankruptcy proceedings
- bankruptcy trustee
- bar
- bar association
- bar examination
- bargain
- barratry
- barrister
- basis
- basis point
- battery
- beach bum trust provision
- bearer
- bearer paper
- belief
- bench
- bench trial
- bench warrant
- beneficial interest
- beneficial ownership
- beneficial use
- beneficiary
- beneficiary deed
- benefit
- benefit of counsel
- benevolent society benefits
- bequeath
- bequest
- Berghuis v. Thompkins (2010)
- Berne Convention
- best evidence rule
- best interests (of the child)
- bestiality
- beyond a reasonable doubt
- BFOQ
- BFP
- bias
- bid
- bifurcate
- bifurcated trial
- bigamy
- bilateral contract
- bill
- bill of attainder
- bill of exchange
- bill of lading
- bill of particulars
- Bill of Rights
- bill of sale
- binder
- binding precedent
- Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002
- bird-nesting
- biweekly mortgage
- blackletter law
- blackmail
- blank endorsement
- blanket search warrant
- blind pig
- blind tiger
- blind trust
- blog
- blood alcohol concentration
- blood alcohol content (BAC)
- blood alcohol level
- blue card
- blue flu
- blue law
- blue ribbon jury
- blue sky laws
- Bluebook
- board of directors
- Board of Education v. Earls (2002)
- boiler room
- boilerplate
- bona fide
- bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ)
- bona fide purchaser
- bond
- bondsman
- book account
- book value
- booking
- bookkeeper
- books
- boot
- border patrol
- bottomry
- bounty hunter
- Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)
- Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (2000)
- boycott
- Brady material
- breach
- breach of contract
- breach of promise
- breach of the peace
- breach of trust
- breach of warranty
- breaking and entering
- bribery
- brief
- broker
- Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
- bucket shop
- building and loan association
- bulk sale
- bulk sales law
- bulk transfer
- burden
- burden of proof
- burglary
- burial insurance
- burial policy
- Bush v. Gore (2000)
- business
- business invitee
- business license
- business records exception
- but-for test
- buy-sell agreement
- buyout agreement
- bylaws
- bypass trust
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