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Bodily Injury Liability Coverage

A type of auto insurance coverage wherein the insurer will cover the cost of bodily harm caused by the policyholder deemed at fault in an accident.

Blue Book

A shortened name for the “Kelley Blue Book,” which publishes the values of used vehicles.

Benchmark Rate

A government-set auto insurance rate used in Canada. An insurance company that sets its rates within a certain range of the benchmark rate does not need government approval to use those rates.

BAIT

1. The term used to describe to anger or harass. The term for something used to entice.

BUILDING LOAN

a loan given to a person to enable them to erect a building.

BENEFIT THEORY

the theory that if you back out of an agreement you must see to it that the other party does not suffer from it.

BREAKING A WILL

the term that applies to contesting a will and being successful in overturning its validity.

BINDING

Something that is obligatory or a thing that is required.

BOARD OF SPECIAL INQUIRY

the board that is set up by the commissioner of immigration in order to investigate all matters concerning immigration.

BORN ALIVE

This term applies to a small and newly delivered child with a heartbeat but does not establish a regular breathing and dies within minutes of being born.

BILL OF EVIDENCE

the transcript of the testimony that is given at a trial. The material is gathered from stenographer’s notes.

BREACH OF PEACE

This term applies to the creating of a public disturbance with loud noises, riotous and unsocial behaviour.

BLOOD FEUD

the ongoing hostility that exists between 2 families that often results in violent attacks against each other.

BESEECH

term used to ask for something; to implore; or to seek eagerly.

BIRTH CERTIFICATE

the certificate that is filed with the right authorities when a child is born that records the date and place of birth and the parent’s names etc. 

BASIC PATENT

the patent in a new field that is often of great importance and is recognised by the scientific community.

BENCH TRIAL

the trial where the judge will find the facts and also apply the law instead of letting a jury decide the law.

BENCH LEGISLATION

the decisions of a judge that are contrary to the law and that should have been left to state or federal legislative governments to decide.

BOGUS

Anything that is phony or fictitious.

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