Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

AB.

See able-bodied seaman under SEAMAN. ab, prep. [Latin] From; by; of. ABA. abbr. 1. AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION. 2. AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION.

ADB. abbr.

ACCIDENTAL-DEATH BENEFIT.

B.

abbr baron(3)

C.B.

abbr. 1. COMMON BENCH. 2. Hist. Chie• Baron of the Exchequer.

Chamber, ub.

to sit in one's chambers at a given location <Judge Kaye chambers sometimes in New York and sometimes in Albany .

D.B. abbr

DOMESDAY BOOK.

FOB.

abbr. FREE ON BOARD.

FRB.

FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD OF GOVERNORS.

H.B.

See house bill under BILL (37

LB.IC

abbr. LONG-RUN INCREMENTAL COST.

N.B.

abbr. [Latin nota bene] Note well; take notice - used in documents to call attention to something important.

NLRB.

abbr. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD.

NMB.

abbr. NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD.

NTSB.

abbr. NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD.

Q.B.

abbr. QUEEN'S BENCH.

Q.B.D.

abbr. QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

S.B.

See senate bill under BILL (3)

accredit (a-kred-it), vb. 1. To give official authorization or status to. 2. To recognize (a school) as having sufficient academic standards to qualify graduates for higher education or for profession

administrator d.b.n.

See administrator de bonis non under ADMINISTRATOR (1)

appearance, n. procedure. a coming into court as a party or interested person, or as a lawyer on behalf of a party or interested person. -appear, vb.

the english courts did not, until modern times, claim jurisdiction over the person of the defendant merely by service of summons upon him. it was deemed necessary to resort to further process by attachment of his property and arrest of his person to compel 'appearance,' which is not mere presence in court, but some act by which a person who is sued submits himself to the authority and jurisdiction of the court. any steps in the action, such as giving bail upon arrest, operated as an appearance or submission." benjamin j. shipman, handbook of common-law pleading § 5, at 24 (henry winthrop ballantine ed., 3d ed. 1923)

arb.

abbr. accounting research bulletin.

b. f.

abbr. BONUM FACTUM.

b.s. abbr

See bancus superior under BANCUs.

bind, ub.

To impose one or more legal duties on (a person or institution) <the contract binds the parties> <courts are bound by precedent. - binding, adj. - bindingness, n.

convey, vb. To transfer or deliver

to another, esp. by deed or other writing.

d.b.n.c.t.a

See administration de bonis non cum testamento annexo under ADMINISTRATION.

demote, vb. To lower

in rank, position, or pay. See DEGRADATION.

g.b.h.

See grievous bodily harm under HARM.

letters of administration d.b.n

Letters of administration appointing an administrator de bonis non (concerning goods not yet administered) because the named executor failed to complete the estate's probate. See administration de bonis non under ADMINISTRATION.

n.o.i.b.n.

abbr. NOT OTHERWISE INDEXED BY NAME.

patent issued within a year of the pending application's filing date. - interfere, ub. interference with a business relationship

See TORTIOUSINTERFERENCE WITH PROSPECTIVE ADVANTAGE.